---
name: "traffic-totext"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "traffic-vis"
version: "0.34-18"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/traffic-totext"
---

# traffic-totext(8)

Convert network traffic report to ASCII

## NAME

traffic-totext - Convert network traffic report to ASCII

## SYNOPSIS

**traffic-totext** \[**-o**--output**filename**\] \[**-i**--input**filename**\] \[**-Vh**\]

## DESCRIPTION

*traffic-totext* is a filter which accepts a summary generated by  *traffic-collect(8)* on standard input (or from the file specified using the '-i' option) and writes an ASCII report to standard output or to the file specified using the '-o' option.

The report consists of a list of which hosts are active, the volume of traffic sent and received and with whom hosts were communicating.

## OPTIONS

- **-o --output filename**

  Write output to file instead of standard out.

- **-i --input filename**

  Read input from file instead of standard input.

- **-h --help**

  Prints usage information.

- **-V --version**

  Prints program version.

## SEE ALSO

*traffic-collect(8),* *[traffic-sort(8)](/traffic-sort/8.md),* *[traffic-exclude(8)](/traffic-exclude/8.md),* *[traffic-tohtml(8)](/traffic-tohtml/8.md),* *[traffic-tops(8)](/traffic-tops/8.md),* *[traffic-togif(8)](/traffic-togif/8.md),* *[traffic-resolve(8)](/traffic-resolve/8.md),*

## AUTHORS

Damien Miller \<dmiller@ilogic.com.au\>

http://www.ilogic.com.au/~dmiller/traffic-vis.html

## BUGS

Hopefully none, probably legion.