---
name: "ivstools"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "aircrack-ng"
version: "1.7-7"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ivstools"
---

# ivstools(1)

extract IVs from a pcap file or merges several .ivs files into one

## NAME

ivstools - extract IVs from a pcap file or merges several .ivs files into one

## SYNOPSIS

**ivstools** --convert \<pcap file\> \<ivs output file\> **ivstools** --merge \<ivs file 1\> \<ivs file 2\> .. \<output file\>

## DESCRIPTION

**ivstools** is a tool designed to extract ivs (initialization vectors) from a pcap dump to an ivs file and it can also merge several ivs (initialization vectors) files into one..

## EXAMPLE

**ivstools** --convert wep\_dump.cap out.ivs\
 **ivstools** --merge myivs1.ivs myivs2.ivs myivs3.ivs allivs.ivs

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Adam Cecile \<gandalf@le-vert.net\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

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