doc/man_pages/captype.adoc

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   4 :stylesheet: ws.css
   5 :linkcss:
   6 :copycss: {css_dir}/{stylesheet}
   7
   8 == NAME
   9
  10 captype - Prints the types of capture files
  11
  12 == SYNOPSIS
  13
  14 [manarg]
  15 *captype*
  16 <__infile__>
  17 __...__
  18
  19 [manarg]
  20 *captype*
  21 *-h|--help*
  22
  23 [manarg]
  24 *captype*
  25 *-v|--version*
  26
  27 == DESCRIPTION
  28
  29 *Captype* is a program that opens one or more capture files and
  30 prints the capture file type of each <__infile__>.
  31
  32 *Captype* is able to detect and read the same capture files that are
  33 supported by *Wireshark*.
  34 The input files don't need a specific filename extension; the file
  35 format and an optional gzip, zstd or lz4 compression will be automatically detected.
  36 Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section of xref:wireshark.html[wireshark](1) or
  37 https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html
  38 is a detailed description of the way *Wireshark* handles this, which is
  39 the same way *Captype* handles this.
  40
  41 == OPTIONS
  42
  43 -h|--help::
  44 Print the version number and options and exit.
  45
  46 -v|--version::
  47 Print the full version information and exit.
  48
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  50
  51 == SEE ALSO
  52
  53 xref:https://www.tcpdump.org/manpages/pcap.3pcap.html[pcap](3), xref:wireshark.html[wireshark](1), xref:mergecap.html[mergecap](1), xref:editcap.html[editcap](1), xref:tshark.html[tshark](1),
  54 xref:dumpcap.html[dumpcap](1), xref:capinfos.html[capinfos](1), xref:https://www.tcpdump.org/manpages/pcap-filter.7.html[pcap-filter](7) or xref:https://www.tcpdump.org/manpages/tcpdump.1.html[tcpdump](8)
  55
  56 == NOTES
  57
  58 *Captype* is part of the *Wireshark* distribution.  The latest version
  59 of *Wireshark* can be found at https://www.wireshark.org.
  60
  61 HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at
  62 https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages.
  63
  64 == AUTHORS
  65
  66 .Original Author
  67 [%hardbreaks]
  68 Ian Schorr <ian[AT]ianschorr.com>
  69
  70 .Contributors
  71 [%hardbreaks]
  72 Gerald Combs <gerald[AT]wireshark.org>
  73 Jim Young <jyoung[AT]gsu.edu>