where did hashcat get the hashtype?

[matt99]

Thanks for the answer. I was wondering, because i tested this before with

Code:

hashcat example.hash example.dict

-> one try with a md5-hashlist and one try with a sha256-hashlist (the input of these hash-lists was the same textfile). And everytime, hashcat could give me the plaintext of these passwords. And i never specified the -m parameter.