Improve handling of MAX_CUT_TRIES

src/outfile_check.c

@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ static int outfile_remove (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
                 {
                   if (line_buf[i] != separator) continue;
 
+                  iter--;
+
                   int parser_status = PARSER_OK;
 
                   if ((hash_mode != 2500) && (hash_mode != 6800))
@@ -269,8 +271,6 @@ static int outfile_remove (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
                   if (found) break;
 
                   if (status_ctx->devices_status == STATUS_CRACKED) break;
-
-                  iter--;
                 }
 
                 if (status_ctx->devices_status == STATUS_CRACKED) break;

src/potfile.c

@@ -321,10 +321,12 @@ int potfile_remove_parse (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
     int iter = MAX_CUT_TRIES;
 
-    for (int i = line_len - 1; i && iter; i--, iter--, line_len--)
+    for (int i = line_len - 1; i && iter; i--, line_len--)
     {
       if (line_buf[i] != ':') continue;
 
+      iter--;
+
       if (hashconfig->is_salted)
       {
         memset (hash_buf.salt, 0, sizeof (salt_t));