From 17e8298f076f894d6769eb406aa0d5f75da5e5db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Bollinger <justin.bollinger@trustedsec.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:44:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Version2 initial commits

---
 readme.md => README.md |  7 -------
 hate_crack.py          | 12 ------------
 2 files changed, 19 deletions(-)
 rename readme.md => README.md (97%)

diff --git a/readme.md b/README.md
similarity index 97%
rename from readme.md
rename to README.md
index 6e1e4a6..d9c70b2 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ make install
 ```git clone https://github.com/trustedsec/hate_crack.git```
 * Customize binary and wordlist paths in "config.json"
 * Make sure that at least "rockyou.txt" is within your "wordlists" path
-
-```$ python wordlist_optimizer.py
-usage: python wordlist_optimizer.py <input file list> <output directory>
-
-$ python wordlist_optimizer.py wordlists.txt ../optimized_wordlists
-```
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## Project Structure
 Core logic is now split into modules under `hate_crack/`:
@@ -48,7 +42,6 @@ usage: python hate_crack.py <hash_file> <hash_type> [options]
 ```
 
 Common options:
-- `--task <N>`: Run a specific menu task number (e.g., 1, 93).
 - `--download-hashview`: Download hashes from Hashview before cracking.
 - `--weakpass`: Download wordlists from Weakpass.
 - `--hashmob`: Download wordlists from Hashmob.net.
diff --git a/hate_crack.py b/hate_crack.py
index ce68f81..08a881c 100755
--- a/hate_crack.py
+++ b/hate_crack.py
@@ -1977,7 +1977,6 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument('--download-all-torrents', action='store_true', help='Download all available Weakpass torrents from cache')
     parser.add_argument('--weakpass', action='store_true', help='Download wordlists from Weakpass')
     parser.add_argument('--hashmob', action='store_true', help='Download wordlists from Hashmob.net')
-    parser.add_argument('--task', metavar='TASK', help='Run a menu task by number (e.g., 1, 93)')
     parser.add_argument('--debug', action='store_true', help='Enable debug mode')
     add_common_args(parser)
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -2035,10 +2034,6 @@ def main():
         weakpass_wordlist_menu()
         sys.exit(0)
 
-    if args.task and not (args.hashfile and args.hashtype) and not args.download_hashview:
-        print("Error: --task requires <hashfile> <hashtype> or --download-hashview to supply hashes.")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
     if args.hashfile and args.hashtype:
         hcatHashFile = resolve_path(args.hashfile)
         hcatHashType = args.hashtype
@@ -2171,13 +2166,6 @@ def main():
                    "98": show_readme,
                    "99": quit_hc
                    }
-        if args.task:
-            task = str(args.task).strip()
-            if task not in options:
-                print(f"Invalid task: {task}. Valid options are: {', '.join(sorted(options.keys(), key=int))}")
-                sys.exit(1)
-            options[task]()
-            sys.exit(0)
         while 1:
             print("\n\t(1) Quick Crack")
             print("\t(2) Extensive Pure_Hate Methodology Crack")