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# Combinator

The combinator attack combines the entries from two dictionaries into single-word candidates. Take the following lists as an example:

```
PS C:\> cat list1.txt
purple

PS C:\> cat list2.txt
monkey
dishwasher
```

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The combinator will produce "purplemonkey" and "purpledishwasher" as candidates. You can also apply a rule to each word on the left- or right-hand side using the options `-j` and `-k`. For instance, `-j $-` and `-k $!` would produce `purple-monkey!`.

```
hashcat.exe -a 1 -m 1000 ntlm.txt list1.txt list2.txt -j $- -k $!

ef81b5ffcbb0d030874022e8fb7e4229:purple-monkey!
```

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If running in Linux, shells (`sh`, `bash`, `zsh`, `fish`, etc) will have their own behaviour when the $ character is used on the command line. They may need to be quoted.