btw: just to be very clear, you need to run the perl script like this:
i.e. in your cmd window, you need to enter the tools folder (I assume here that you have a full copy of the source code of hashcat, see https://hashcat.net/hashcat/ and search for the "hashcat sources" link or alternatively a full git clone from https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat, not the release version, but again the source code)
Within the tools folder, you should have copied a backup of your *.aes file and then run the conversion script (from the .aes file to a "hash" that hashcat supports) with the command above.
This step doesn't involve any dictionary file (no rockyou.txt is needed), only the aescrypt2hashcat.pl perl script and the *.aes file is needed.
The *.aes file need to be generated by the software "AES Crypt" that you can download here: https://www.aescrypt.com
It doesn't work with a file that wasn't generated by that specific software "AES Crypt".
Code:
cd tools
perl aescrypt2hashcat.pl file.aesi.e. in your cmd window, you need to enter the tools folder (I assume here that you have a full copy of the source code of hashcat, see https://hashcat.net/hashcat/ and search for the "hashcat sources" link or alternatively a full git clone from https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat, not the release version, but again the source code)
Within the tools folder, you should have copied a backup of your *.aes file and then run the conversion script (from the .aes file to a "hash" that hashcat supports) with the command above.
This step doesn't involve any dictionary file (no rockyou.txt is needed), only the aescrypt2hashcat.pl perl script and the *.aes file is needed.
The *.aes file need to be generated by the software "AES Crypt" that you can download here: https://www.aescrypt.com
It doesn't work with a file that wasn't generated by that specific software "AES Crypt".