Linux Shadow hashes

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so the hash from the shadow file is as such:

root:$1$DhqYuxhs$p/O7aro1npF4yvkRT7qJK.:16786:0:99999:7:::

This is not the hash but the full user entry.

I also think $1$ might be md5crypt and not plain md5

Yes. Most unix systems use PBKDF2 with some default settings something different for hashing, not plain hashes. If in doubt compare with the examples on https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=example_hashes