rule testing - no output

[hc21user]

on windows 10 if i do nothing happens, even sat for 10+ min

Code:

.\hashcat.exe -r .\test.txt --stdout .\wordlists\dict.txt

sometime --stdout just error with No devices found/left.
if i try word not dict file

Code:

.\hashcat.exe -r .\test.txt --stdout "testword"

testword: No such file or directory

how do i sample rule transform like https://laconicwolf.com/2019/03/29/hashc...e-writing/ says?

rules file is

Code:

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thx