Line Exception using Example Hash md5

[williamdotp]

First time using hashcat and i wanted to see how it works but when i run the line :
hashcat64.exe -m0 -a3 -o cracked.txt hash.txt

i get the error:


Hash 'hash.txt': Line-length exception

No hashes loaded.

all that is in the file hash.txt is the example hash but nothing happens


Thanks for any help

[royce]

Do you have extra (or too few) characters in your hash.txt file? This is what the line-length exception error means.

Code:

$ cat - >hash.txt
8743b52063cd84097a65d1633f5c74f5

$ cat hash.txt
8743b52063cd84097a65d1633f5c74f5

$ hashcat -m 0 -a 3 -o cracked.txt --quiet hash.txt

$ cat cracked.txt
8743b52063cd84097a65d1633f5c74f5:hashcat

Also if you are using hashcat 4.x, you probably want to add -O (use optimized kernels) unless you expect the password to be very long.

[williamdotp]

I dont think there is to many or little characters all there is in the text file is:
8743b52063cd84097a65d1633f5c74f5

[undeath]

hashcat cannot find your "hash.txt" file

[royce]

Ah, indeed! Very easy to forget that one - even if you're not new!