tcpcapinfo1
Pcap file dissector for debugging broken pcap files
Usage
tcpcapinfo [OPTION] ...
<pcap_file(s)>
Overview
tcpcapinfo is a tool for decoding the structure of a pcap(3) file with a focus on finding broken pcap files and determining how two related pcap files might differ.
tcpcapinfo will first print out the pcap_file_header_t in human readable form followed by a per-packet summary including the pcap_pkthdr_t and simple checksum value of the packet.
Options
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-d, --dbug=number -
Enable debugging output. Range: 0 to 5. Default:
0.If configured with --enable-debug, then you can specify a verbosity level for debugging output. Higher numbers increase verbosity.
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-V, --version -
Print version information.
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-H, --help -
Display usage information and exit.
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--more-help -
Pass the extended usage information through a pager.
Exit status
One of the following exit values will be returned:
0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)
Successful program execution.
1 (EXIT_FAILURE)
The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.
70 (EX_SOFTWARE)
libopts had an internal operational error. Please report it to <[email protected]>. Thank you.
Notes
This manual page was generated from the tcpcapinfo option definitions.
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
- Debian 13 (Trixie)
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
- Debian 11 (Bullseye)
- Debian 10 (Buster)
-! until Debian 13 (Trixie).