Hashes getting skipped

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You need to add a mask to your argument list such that hashcat doesn't use the default mask:

Code:

hashcat64.exe -m 1000 -a 3 --increment --increment-min 1 test.txt ?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a

note: ?a also doesn't brute-force all chars (?b instead would use the full range 0x00-0xff)

OK that helps a bit. I'm unclear on why the 6Tommy password doesn't come up even with the default charset, but that's my own lack of knowledge of hashcat and I need to do more reading on it. 

You also helped clarify the --increment option, which I thought was redundant based on my (inaccurate) assumption of how the -a 3 attack works. 

Many thanks!!!