CODEWITHSUNDEEP
debianwiresharkpcaptshark
dipl0
dipl0

Reputation: 1067

tshark "--export-objects" does not work, contrary to man pages

The debian manual pages define that tshark should have the functionality to export files discovered in a tcp stream with the tshark pcapname.pcap --export-objects command. If you ctrl-f the following page you will find this

https://manpages.debian.org/testing/tshark/tshark.1.en.html

"export-objects , Export all objects within a protocol into directory destdir. The available values for protocol can be listed with --export-objects help."

However when running the latest version of tshark in debian jessie it is possible to see that this is not actually the case.

 tshark: unrecognized option '--export-objects'

Is this an expected error or have i messed up? Or is it the case that the tshark developers/package developers have neglected to include this functionality outside of the manual pages.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 643

Answers (1)

pchaigno
pchaigno

Reputation: 13063

That option is quite recent, so my guess would be that you have an older version of tshark.

The --export-objects option requires tshark v2.4.0.

Upvotes: 1

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