captype(1) The Wireshark Network Analyzer captype(1)
NAME
captype - Prints the types of capture files
SYNOPSIS
captype <infile> ...
DESCRIPTION
Captype is a program that opens one or more capture files and prints
the capture file type of each <infile>.
Captype is able to detect and read the same capture files that are
supported by Wireshark. The input files don't need a specific filename
extension; the file format and an optional gzip compression will be
automatically detected. Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section
of wireshark(1) or
<https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html> is a detailed
description of the way Wireshark handles this, which is the same way
Captype handles this.
SEE ALSO
pcap(3), wireshark(1), mergecap(1), editcap(1), tshark(1), dumpcap(1),
capinfos(1), pcap-filter(7) or tcpdump(8)
NOTES
Captype is part of the Wireshark distribution. The latest version of
Wireshark can be found at <https://www.wireshark.org>.
HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
<https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.
AUTHORS
Original Author
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Ian Schorr <ian[AT]ianschorr.com>
Contributors
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Gerald Combs <gerald[AT]wireshark.org>
Jim Young <jyoung[AT]gsu.edu>
3.4.8 2021-08-25 captype(1)
wireshark 3.4.8 - Generated Sat Sep 4 06:08:51 CDT 2021