Unable to use own hash database

Hi all,

I'm new to hashcat and trying to learn how to use the tool.

I downloaded a file of hashes here: http://www.adeptus-mechanicus.com/codex/...shpass.php Specifically, I downlaoded the battielfield hashes file and saved it as bfield.hash.


Next, I downloaded a list of common passwords here: https://wiki.skullsecurity.org/index.php...=Passwords Specifically, it is phpbb.txt

Now, if i run the command:
./hashcat -m 0 bfield.hash phpbb.txt -o plain_wordlist_results.txt

Everything works great: I get the inverted MD5 hashes that I am able to with the ditionary phpbb.txt.

Where am I struggling, is cracking my own test examples. For instance, if I open my bfield.hash file in a simple text editor and literally copy and paste all the passwords into a new file, say, hashes.txt, and then run

./hashcat -m 0 hashes.txt phpbb.txt -o plain_wordlist_results.txt

I get a line length exception error.

So this must mean that the .hash file is formatted correctly while my custom file is not. What is happening?

Many thanks!