Inaccurate number

[slyexe]

When doing a mask attack, do I always have to specify the number of characters? I ask that because I want to know if I can run an attack to crack all the hashes in the file instead of only 8 characters ones.

Implement increment into your command. 

example:

Code:

hashcat -a 3 -m 1000 -i --increment-min 1 --increment-max 8 hashlist  ?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a

This will attempt everything from 1-8 characters using all lowercase, uppercase, digits, and special characters. Change the min and max values to fit your liking and adjust the MAX length of your mask.