shashank
shashank

Reputation: 11

how to read packet from .pcap file without using any software

I captured packet using tcpdump -i {interface } -w file.pcap command and I want to read the packet in a human-readable language. how to do it? How to read .pcap file just using shell script. Or suggest any alternative for it(without using any software)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9692

Answers (1)

EchoMike444
EchoMike444

Reputation: 1692

With tcpdump you can create a file with -w .

But tcpdump can read this file with -r with many other display feature .

You can use tcpflow / tshark ( text tools ) to read the dump made by tcpdump .

Upvotes: 1

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