---
name: "filesnarf"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "dsniff"
version: "2.4b1-34"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/filesnarf"
---

# filesnarf(8)

sniff files from NFS traffic

## NAME

filesnarf - sniff files from NFS traffic

## SYNOPSIS

```

```

**filesnarf** \[**-i** *interface* \| **-p** *pcapfile*\] \[\[**-v**\] *pattern \[expression*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**filesnarf** saves files sniffed from NFS traffic in the current working directory.

## OPTIONS

- **-i** *interface*

  Specify the interface to listen on.

- **-p** *pcapfile*

  Process packets from the specified PCAP capture file instead of the network.

- **-v**

  "Versus" mode. Invert the sense of matching, to select non-matching files.

- *pattern*

  Specify regular expression for filename matching.

- *expression*

  Specify a [tcpdump(8)](/tcpdump/8.md) filter expression to select traffic to sniff.

## SEE ALSO

[dsniff(8)](/dsniff/8.md), [nfsd(8)](/nfsd/8.md)

## AUTHOR

```
Dug Song <dugsong@monkey.org>
```