Total newbie needing advice

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And in your case, if it's 8 lower case, the mask would be ?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?l, using attack mode 3 (-a 3), so something like:

[hashcat executable] -m 2500 -a 3 myfile.hccap ?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?l

Thankyou Royce for pointing me in the right direction. Much appreciated.