--increment option

[philsmd]

yes, your hcmask file should look like this:

Code:

?l
?l?d
?l?l?d
?l?l?l?d
?l?l?l?l?d
?l?l?l?l?l?d
?l?l?l?l?l?l?d
?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?d
?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?d

references:
https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=mas...mask_files
https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=fre..._mask_file

BTW: mask attack is normally not the best strategy to crack a hash, except if you know that the password was NOT human choosen (it's a very random password) or if you already tried other attack modes like dictionary attack with rules etc