---
name: "ragator"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "argus-client"
version: "2.0.6.fixes.1-3"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ragator"
---

# ragator(1)

aggregate argus(8) data file entries.

## NAME

**ragator** - aggregate **[argus(8)](/argus/8.md)** data file entries.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2000-2003 QoSient. All rights reserved.

## SYNOPSIS

**ragator** \[**-f** *ragator.conf*\] \[**raoptions**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Ragator** reads **[argus(8)](/argus/8.md)** data from an *argus-file*, and merges matching argus flow activity records together.  In its default mode of options, this effectively converts **[argus(8)](/argus/8.md)** files from detail to non-detail mode, and merges periodic flow report records to a single argus record, thus compressing the **[argus(8)](/argus/8.md)** file to a reduced size.

You can modify the aggregation strategy used by **ragator** to merge records together, by using the **-f ragator.conf** option.   See **[ragator(5)](/ragator/5.md)** for a complete description of the format and syntax of the flow model file.

## OPTIONS

Ragator, like all ra based clients, supports a number of **ra options** including filtering of input argus records through a terminating filter expression. See **[ra(1)](/ra/1.md)** for a complete description of **ra options**.

## AUTHORS

```
Carter Bullard (carter@qosient.com).
```

## SEE ALSO

[**ragator**(5)](/ragator/5.md) [**ra**(1)](/ra/1.md), [**rarc**(5)](/rarc/5.md), [**argus**(8)](/argus/8.md) [**tcpdump**(1)](/tcpdump/1.md),