HCXPOTTOOL(1)

✨ NAME ✨

hcxpottool — the hcx tools set, bestie 💖 (yes this is the whole name section, it's giving minimal and iconic)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so. this is hcxpottool 7.1.2, and the copyright vibe is (C) 2026 ZeroBeat. 🎀

the usage is literally just:

hcxpottool <options>

that's it. that's the whole plot. now let's get into the options because there are a lot of them and honestly? slay. 💅

👑 short options 👑

• -h — show this help. that's it, that's the whole job 🫶
• -v — show version. short, sweet, main character energy ✨

💜 long options 💜

• --hcpotin=<file> — input potfile, in hashcat pot file format. the format is:

PMK*ESSID:PSK

(like, this exact shape, no cap)

• --hcoutin=<file> — input outfile, in hashcat out file format. the format goes:

MIC/PMKID:MAC_AP:MAC_CLIENT:ESSID:PSK

and heads up: verify/calculate plain master keys is enabled by default here, so it's doing that automatically bestie 💖

• --jtrpotin=<file> — input potfile, but john pot file format this time. the format:

$pbkdf2-hmac-sha1$ESSID$PMK:PSK

john girlies we see you 🦋

• --hcpotout=<file> — output potfile in hashcat format. important deets:
  • hexified characters < 0x20
  • hexified characters > 0x7e
  • hexified delimiter :
• --hcpbkdf2out=<file> — output hashcat hash file format 12000 🔥
• --jtrpbkdf2out=<file> — output john hash file format PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA1-opencl / PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA1
• --tabin=<file> — input tabulator separated file. the format is:

PMK <tab> ESSID <tab> PSK

and again: verify/calculate plain master keys is enabled by default ✅

• --tabout=<file> — output tabulator separated file. here's the tea:
  • hexified characters < 0x21
  • hexified characters > 0x7e
• --tabspout=<file> — output tabulator separated file (the sp variant, okay 😌):
  • hexified characters < 0x20
  • hexified characters > 0x7e
• --tabnhout=<file> — output tabulator separated file (the nh variant):
  • hexified characters < 0x20

okay so this one says use with care and we are taking that seriously. be careful bestie, fr fr. 🙈

• --faultyout=<file> — output faulty lines file. messy lines get their own little home 💀
• --pmkoff — disable verification/calculation of plain master keyss 👀 (the double-s is not a typo i made, it's just how it's written and it's kind of iconic ngl). anyway: it turns the master key verification/calculation off.
• --help — show this help 🫶
• --version — show version ⭐

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

so that's the whole page diva 🌈 — this was hcxpottool version 7.1.2, (C) 2026 ZeroBeat, dated July 2026. go forth and potfile responsibly, ily, mwah 💖💅✨