4 tshark - Dump and analyze network traffic
10 S<[ B<-a> E<lt>capture autostop conditionE<gt> ] ...>
11 S<[ B<-b> E<lt>capture ring buffer optionE<gt>] ...>
12 S<[ B<-B> E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt> ] >
13 S<[ B<-c> E<lt>capture packet countE<gt> ]>
14 S<[ B<-C> E<lt>configuration profileE<gt> ]>
15 S<[ B<-d> E<lt>layer typeE<gt>==E<lt>selectorE<gt>,E<lt>decode-as protocolE<gt> ]>
17 S<[ B<-e> E<lt>fieldE<gt> ]>
18 S<[ B<-E> E<lt>field print optionE<gt> ]>
19 S<[ B<-f> E<lt>capture filterE<gt> ]>
20 S<[ B<-F> E<lt>file formatE<gt> ]>
23 S<[ B<-H> E<lt>input hosts fileE<gt> ]>
24 S<[ B<-i> E<lt>capture interfaceE<gt>|- ]>
26 S<[ B<-K> E<lt>keytabE<gt> ]>
30 S<[ B<-N> E<lt>name resolving flagsE<gt> ]>
31 S<[ B<-o> E<lt>preference settingE<gt> ] ...>
32 S<[ B<-O> E<lt>protocolsE<gt> ]>
37 S<[ B<-r> E<lt>infileE<gt> ]>
38 S<[ B<-R> E<lt>Read filterE<gt> ]>
39 S<[ B<-s> E<lt>capture snaplenE<gt> ]>
40 S<[ B<-S> E<lt>separatorE<gt> ]>
41 S<[ B<-t> a|ad|adoy|d|dd|e|r|u|ud|udoy ]>
42 S<[ B<-T> pdml|psml|ps|text|fields ]>
45 S<[ B<-w> E<lt>outfileE<gt>|- ]>
46 S<[ B<-W> E<lt>file format optionE<gt>]>
48 S<[ B<-X> E<lt>eXtension optionE<gt>]>
49 S<[ B<-y> E<lt>capture link typeE<gt> ]>
50 S<[ B<-Y> E<lt>displaY filterE<gt> ]>
51 S<[ B<-z> E<lt>statisticsE<gt> ]>
52 S<[ B<--capture-comment> E<lt>commentE<gt> ]>
53 S<[ E<lt>capture filterE<gt> ]>
56 B<-G> [column-formats|currentprefs|decodes|defaultprefs|fields|ftypes|heuristic-decodes|plugins|protocols|values]
60 B<TShark> is a network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture packet
61 data from a live network, or read packets from a previously saved
62 capture file, either printing a decoded form of those packets to the
63 standard output or writing the packets to a file. B<TShark>'s native
64 capture file format is B<pcap> format, which is also the format used
65 by B<tcpdump> and various other tools.
67 Without any options set, B<TShark> will work much like B<tcpdump>. It will
68 use the pcap library to capture traffic from the first available network
69 interface and displays a summary line on stdout for each received packet.
71 B<TShark> is able to detect, read and write the same capture files that
72 are supported by B<Wireshark>.
73 The input file doesn't need a specific filename extension; the file
74 format and an optional gzip compression will be automatically detected.
75 Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or
76 L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html>
77 is a detailed description of the way B<Wireshark> handles this, which is
78 the same way B<Tshark> handles this.
80 Compressed file support uses (and therefore requires) the zlib library.
81 If the zlib library is not present, B<TShark> will compile, but will
82 be unable to read compressed files.
84 If the B<-w> option is not specified, B<TShark> writes to the standard
85 output the text of a decoded form of the packets it captures or reads.
86 If the B<-w> option is specified, B<TShark> writes to the file
87 specified by that option the raw data of the packets, along with the
90 When writing a decoded form of packets, B<TShark> writes, by
91 default, a summary line containing the fields specified by the
92 preferences file (which are also the fields displayed in the packet list
93 pane in B<Wireshark>), although if it's writing packets as it captures
94 them, rather than writing packets from a saved capture file, it won't
95 show the "frame number" field. If the B<-V> option is specified, it
96 writes instead a view of the details of the packet, showing all the
97 fields of all protocols in the packet. If the B<-O> option is specified,
98 it will only show the full protocols specified. Use the output of
99 "B<tshark -G protocols>" to find the abbreviations of the protocols you can
102 If you want to write the decoded form of packets to a file, run
103 B<TShark> without the B<-w> option, and redirect its standard output to
104 the file (do I<not> use the B<-w> option).
106 When writing packets to a file, B<TShark>, by default, writes the
107 file in B<pcap> format, and writes all of the packets it sees to the
108 output file. The B<-F> option can be used to specify the format in which
109 to write the file. This list of available file formats is displayed by
110 the B<-F> flag without a value. However, you can't specify a file format
113 Read filters in B<TShark>, which allow you to select which packets
114 are to be decoded or written to a file, are very powerful; more fields
115 are filterable in B<TShark> than in other protocol analyzers, and the
116 syntax you can use to create your filters is richer. As B<TShark>
117 progresses, expect more and more protocol fields to be allowed in read
120 Packet capturing is performed with the pcap library. The capture filter
121 syntax follows the rules of the pcap library. This syntax is different
122 from the read filter syntax. A read filter can also be specified when
123 capturing, and only packets that pass the read filter will be displayed
124 or saved to the output file; note, however, that capture filters are much
125 more efficient than read filters, and it may be more difficult for
126 B<TShark> to keep up with a busy network if a read filter is
127 specified for a live capture.
129 A capture or read filter can either be specified with the B<-f> or B<-R>
130 option, respectively, in which case the entire filter expression must be
131 specified as a single argument (which means that if it contains spaces,
132 it must be quoted), or can be specified with command-line arguments
133 after the option arguments, in which case all the arguments after the
134 filter arguments are treated as a filter expression. Capture filters
135 are supported only when doing a live capture; read filters are supported
136 when doing a live capture and when reading a capture file, but require
137 TShark to do more work when filtering, so you might be more likely to
138 lose packets under heavy load if you're using a read filter. If the
139 filter is specified with command-line arguments after the option
140 arguments, it's a capture filter if a capture is being done (i.e., if no
141 B<-r> option was specified) and a read filter if a capture file is being
142 read (i.e., if a B<-r> option was specified).
144 The B<-G> option is a special mode that simply causes B<Tshark>
145 to dump one of several types of internal glossaries and then exit.
153 Perform a two-pass analysis. This causes tshark to buffer output until the
154 entire first pass is done, but allows it to fill in fields that require future
155 knowledge, such as 'response in frame #' fields. Also permits reassembly
156 frame dependencies to be calculated correctly.
158 =item -a E<lt>capture autostop conditionE<gt>
160 Specify a criterion that specifies when B<TShark> is to stop writing
161 to a capture file. The criterion is of the form I<test>B<:>I<value>,
162 where I<test> is one of:
164 B<duration>:I<value> Stop writing to a capture file after I<value> seconds
167 B<filesize>:I<value> Stop writing to a capture file after it reaches a size of
168 I<value> KiB. If this option is used together with the -b option, B<TShark>
169 will stop writing to the current capture file and switch to the next one if
170 filesize is reached. When reading a capture file, B<TShark> will stop reading
171 the file after the number of bytes read exceeds this number (the complete
172 packet will be read, so more bytes than this number may be read). Note that
173 the filesize is limited to a maximum value of 2 GiB.
175 B<files>:I<value> Stop writing to capture files after I<value> number of files
178 =item -b E<lt>capture ring buffer optionE<gt>
180 Cause B<TShark> to run in "multiple files" mode. In "multiple files" mode,
181 B<TShark> will write to several capture files. When the first capture file
182 fills up, B<TShark> will switch writing to the next file and so on.
184 The created filenames are based on the filename given with the B<-w> option,
185 the number of the file and on the creation date and time,
186 e.g. outfile_00001_20050604120117.pcap, outfile_00002_20050604120523.pcap, ...
188 With the I<files> option it's also possible to form a "ring buffer".
189 This will fill up new files until the number of files specified,
190 at which point B<TShark> will discard the data in the first file and start
191 writing to that file and so on. If the I<files> option is not set,
192 new files filled up until one of the capture stop conditions match (or
193 until the disk is full).
195 The criterion is of the form I<key>B<:>I<value>,
196 where I<key> is one of:
198 B<duration>:I<value> switch to the next file after I<value> seconds have
199 elapsed, even if the current file is not completely filled up.
201 B<filesize>:I<value> switch to the next file after it reaches a size of
202 I<value> KiB. Note that the filesize is limited to a maximum value of 2 GiB.
204 B<files>:I<value> begin again with the first file after I<value> number of
205 files were written (form a ring buffer). This value must be less than 100000.
206 Caution should be used when using large numbers of files: some filesystems do
207 not handle many files in a single directory well. The B<files> criterion
208 requires either B<duration> or B<filesize> to be specified to control when to
209 go to the next file. It should be noted that each B<-b> parameter takes exactly
210 one criterion; to specify two criterion, each must be preceded by the B<-b>
213 Example: B<-b filesize:1024 -b files:5> results in a ring buffer of five files
214 of size one megabyte.
216 =item -B E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt>
218 Set capture buffer size (in MB, default is 2MB). This is used by the
219 the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can be written
220 to disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try to increase
221 this size. Note that, while B<Tshark> attempts to set the buffer size
222 to 2MB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the
223 system or interface on which you're capturing might silently limit the
224 capture buffer size to a lower value or raise it to a higher value.
226 This is available on UNIX systems with libpcap 1.0.0 or later and on
227 Windows. It is not available on UNIX systems with earlier versions of
230 This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first
231 occurrence of the B<-i> option, it sets the default capture buffer size.
232 If used after an B<-i> option, it sets the capture buffer size for
233 the interface specified by the last B<-i> option occurring before
234 this option. If the capture buffer size is not set specifically,
235 the default capture buffer size is used if provided.
237 =item -c E<lt>capture packet countE<gt>
239 Set the maximum number of packets to read when capturing live
240 data. If reading a capture file, set the maximum number of packets to read.
242 =item -C E<lt>configuration profileE<gt>
244 Run with the given configuration profile.
246 =item -d E<lt>layer typeE<gt>==E<lt>selectorE<gt>,E<lt>decode-as protocolE<gt>
248 Like Wireshark's B<Decode As...> feature, this lets you specify how a
249 layer type should be dissected. If the layer type in question (for example,
250 B<tcp.port> or B<udp.port> for a TCP or UDP port number) has the specified
251 selector value, packets should be dissected as the specified protocol.
253 Example: B<-d tcp.port==8888,http> will decode any traffic running over
254 TCP port 8888 as HTTP.
256 Example: B<-d tcp.port==8888:3,http> will decode any traffic running over
257 TCP ports 8888, 8889 or 8890 as HTTP.
259 Example: B<-d tcp.port==8888-8890,http> will decode any traffic running over
260 TCP ports 8888, 8889 or 8890 as HTTP.
262 Using an invalid selector or protocol will print out a list of valid selectors
263 and protocol names, respectively.
265 Example: B<-d .> is a quick way to get a list of valid selectors.
267 Example: B<-d ethertype==0x0800.> is a quick way to get a list of protocols that can be
268 selected with an ethertype.
272 Print a list of the interfaces on which B<TShark> can capture, and
273 exit. For each network interface, a number and an
274 interface name, possibly followed by a text description of the
275 interface, is printed. The interface name or the number can be supplied
276 to the B<-i> option to specify an interface on which to capture.
278 This can be useful on systems that don't have a command to list them
279 (e.g., Windows systems, or UNIX systems lacking B<ifconfig -a>);
280 the number can be useful on Windows 2000 and later systems, where the
281 interface name is a somewhat complex string.
283 Note that "can capture" means that B<TShark> was able to open that
284 device to do a live capture. Depending on your system you may need to
285 run tshark from an account with special privileges (for example, as
286 root) to be able to capture network traffic. If B<TShark -D> is not run
287 from such an account, it will not list any interfaces.
289 =item -e E<lt>fieldE<gt>
291 Add a field to the list of fields to display if B<-T fields> is
292 selected. This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
293 At least one field must be provided if the B<-T fields> option is
294 selected. Column names may be used prefixed with "_ws.col."
296 Example: B<-e frame.number -e ip.addr -e udp -e _ws.col.info>
298 Giving a protocol rather than a single field will print multiple items
299 of data about the protocol as a single field. Fields are separated by
300 tab characters by default. B<-E> controls the format of the printed
303 =item -E E<lt>field print optionE<gt>
305 Set an option controlling the printing of fields when B<-T fields> is
310 B<header=y|n> If B<y>, print a list of the field names given using B<-e>
311 as the first line of the output; the field name will be separated using
312 the same character as the field values. Defaults to B<n>.
314 B<separator=/t|/s|>E<lt>characterE<gt> Set the separator character to
315 use for fields. If B</t> tab will be used (this is the default), if
316 B</s>, a single space will be used. Otherwise any character that can be
317 accepted by the command line as part of the option may be used.
319 B<occurrence=f|l|a> Select which occurrence to use for fields that have
320 multiple occurrences. If B<f> the first occurrence will be used, if B<l>
321 the last occurrence will be used and if B<a> all occurrences will be used
322 (this is the default).
324 B<aggregator=,|/s|>E<lt>characterE<gt> Set the aggregator character to
325 use for fields that have multiple occurrences. If B<,> a comma will be used
326 (this is the default), if B</s>, a single space will be used. Otherwise
327 any character that can be accepted by the command line as part of the
330 B<quote=d|s|n> Set the quote character to use to surround fields. B<d>
331 uses double-quotes, B<s> single-quotes, B<n> no quotes (the default).
333 =item -f E<lt>capture filterE<gt>
335 Set the capture filter expression.
337 This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first
338 occurrence of the B<-i> option, it sets the default capture filter expression.
339 If used after an B<-i> option, it sets the capture filter expression for
340 the interface specified by the last B<-i> option occurring before
341 this option. If the capture filter expression is not set specifically,
342 the default capture filter expression is used if provided.
344 =item -F E<lt>file formatE<gt>
346 Set the file format of the output capture file written using the B<-w>
347 option. The output written with the B<-w> option is raw packet data, not
348 text, so there is no B<-F> option to request text output. The option B<-F>
349 without a value will list the available formats.
353 This option causes the output file(s) to be created with group-read permission
354 (meaning that the output file(s) can be read by other members of the calling
357 =item -G [column-formats|currentprefs|decodes|defaultprefs|fields|ftypes|heuristic-decodes|plugins|protocols|values]
359 The B<-G> option will cause B<Tshark> to dump one of several types of glossaries
360 and then exit. If no specific glossary type is specified, then the B<fields> report will be generated by default.
362 The available report types include:
364 B<column-formats> Dumps the column formats understood by tshark.
365 There is one record per line. The fields are tab-delimited.
367 * Field 1 = format string (e.g. "%rD")
368 * Field 2 = text description of format string (e.g. "Dest port (resolved)")
370 B<currentprefs> Dumps a copy of the current preferences file to stdout.
372 B<decodes> Dumps the "layer type"/"decode as" associations to stdout.
373 There is one record per line. The fields are tab-delimited.
375 * Field 1 = layer type, e.g. "tcp.port"
376 * Field 2 = selector in decimal
377 * Field 3 = "decode as" name, e.g. "http"
379 B<defaultprefs> Dumps a default preferences file to stdout.
381 B<fields> Dumps the contents of the registration database to
382 stdout. An independent program can take this output and format it into nice
383 tables or HTML or whatever. There is one record per line. Each record is
384 either a protocol or a header field, differentiated by the first field.
385 The fields are tab-delimited.
390 * Field 2 = descriptive protocol name
391 * Field 3 = protocol abbreviation
396 * Field 2 = descriptive field name
397 * Field 3 = field abbreviation
398 * Field 4 = type ( textual representation of the ftenum type )
399 * Field 5 = parent protocol abbreviation
400 * Field 6 = base for display (for integer types); "parent bitfield width" for FT_BOOLEAN
401 * Field 7 = bitmask: format: hex: 0x....
402 * Field 8 = blurb describing field
404 B<ftypes> Dumps the "ftypes" (fundamental types) understood by tshark.
405 There is one record per line. The fields are tab-delimited.
407 * Field 1 = FTYPE (e.g "FT_IPv6")
408 * Field 2 = text description of type (e.g. "IPv6 address")
410 B<heuristic-decodes> Dumps the heuristic decodes currently installed.
411 There is one record per line. The fields are tab-delimited.
413 * Field 1 = underlying dissector (e.g. "tcp")
414 * Field 2 = name of heuristic decoder (e.g. ucp")
415 * Field 3 = heuristic enabled (e.g. "T" or "F")
417 B<plugins> Dumps the plugins currently installed.
418 There is one record per line. The fields are tab-delimited.
420 * Field 1 = plugin library (e.g. "gryphon.so")
421 * Field 2 = plugin version (e.g. 0.0.4)
422 * Field 3 = plugin type (e.g. "dissector" or "tap")
423 * Field 4 = full path to plugin file
425 B<protocols> Dumps the protocols in the registration database to stdout.
426 An independent program can take this output and format it into nice tables
427 or HTML or whatever. There is one record per line. The fields are tab-delimited.
429 * Field 1 = protocol name
430 * Field 2 = protocol short name
431 * Field 3 = protocol filter name
433 B<values> Dumps the value_strings, range_strings or true/false strings
434 for fields that have them. There is one record per line. Fields are
435 tab-delimited. There are three types of records: Value String, Range
436 String and True/False String. The first field, 'V', 'R' or 'T', indicates
442 * Field 2 = field abbreviation to which this value string corresponds
443 * Field 3 = Integer value
449 * Field 2 = field abbreviation to which this range string corresponds
450 * Field 3 = Integer value: lower bound
451 * Field 4 = Integer value: upper bound
457 * Field 2 = field abbreviation to which this true/false string corresponds
458 * Field 3 = True String
459 * Field 4 = False String
463 Print the version and options and exits.
465 =item -H E<lt>input hosts fileE<gt>
467 Read a list of entries from a "hosts" file, which will then be written
468 to a capture file. Implies B<-W n>. Can be called multiple times.
470 The "hosts" file format is documented at
471 L<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)>.
473 =item -i E<lt>capture interfaceE<gt> | -
475 Set the name of the network interface or pipe to use for live packet
478 Network interface names should match one of the names listed in
479 "B<tshark -D>" (described above); a number, as reported by
480 "B<tshark -D>", can also be used. If you're using UNIX, "B<netstat
481 -i>" or "B<ifconfig -a>" might also work to list interface names,
482 although not all versions of UNIX support the B<-a> option to B<ifconfig>.
484 If no interface is specified, B<TShark> searches the list of
485 interfaces, choosing the first non-loopback interface if there are any
486 non-loopback interfaces, and choosing the first loopback interface if
487 there are no non-loopback interfaces. If there are no interfaces at all,
488 B<TShark> reports an error and doesn't start the capture.
490 Pipe names should be either the name of a FIFO (named pipe) or ``-'' to
491 read data from the standard input. Data read from pipes must be in
492 standard pcap format.
494 This option can occur multiple times. When capturing from multiple
495 interfaces, the capture file will be saved in pcap-ng format.
497 Note: the Win32 version of B<TShark> doesn't support capturing from
502 Put the interface in "monitor mode"; this is supported only on IEEE
503 802.11 Wi-Fi interfaces, and supported only on some operating systems.
505 Note that in monitor mode the adapter might disassociate from the
506 network with which it's associated, so that you will not be able to use
507 any wireless networks with that adapter. This could prevent accessing
508 files on a network server, or resolving host names or network addresses,
509 if you are capturing in monitor mode and are not connected to another
510 network with another adapter.
512 This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first
513 occurrence of the B<-i> option, it enables the monitor mode for all interfaces.
514 If used after an B<-i> option, it enables the monitor mode for
515 the interface specified by the last B<-i> option occurring before
518 =item -K E<lt>keytabE<gt>
520 Load kerberos crypto keys from the specified keytab file.
521 This option can be used multiple times to load keys from several files.
523 Example: B<-K krb5.keytab>
527 Flush the standard output after the information for each packet is
528 printed. (This is not, strictly speaking, line-buffered if B<-V>
529 was specified; however, it is the same as line-buffered if B<-V> wasn't
530 specified, as only one line is printed for each packet, and, as B<-l> is
531 normally used when piping a live capture to a program or script, so that
532 output for a packet shows up as soon as the packet is seen and
533 dissected, it should work just as well as true line-buffering. We do
534 this as a workaround for a deficiency in the Microsoft Visual C++ C
537 This may be useful when piping the output of B<TShark> to another
538 program, as it means that the program to which the output is piped will
539 see the dissected data for a packet as soon as B<TShark> sees the
540 packet and generates that output, rather than seeing it only when the
541 standard output buffer containing that data fills up.
545 List the data link types supported by the interface and exit. The reported
546 link types can be used for the B<-y> option.
550 Disable network object name resolution (such as hostname, TCP and UDP port
551 names); the B<-N> flag might override this one.
553 =item -N E<lt>name resolving flagsE<gt>
555 Turn on name resolving only for particular types of addresses and port
556 numbers, with name resolving for other types of addresses and port
557 numbers turned off. This flag overrides B<-n> if both B<-N> and B<-n> are
558 present. If both B<-N> and B<-n> flags are not present, all name resolutions
561 The argument is a string that may contain the letters:
563 B<m> to enable MAC address resolution
565 B<n> to enable network address resolution
567 B<N> to enable using external resolvers (e.g., DNS) for network address
570 B<t> to enable transport-layer port number resolution
572 B<C> to enable concurrent (asynchronous) DNS lookups
574 =item -o E<lt>preferenceE<gt>:E<lt>valueE<gt>
576 Set a preference value, overriding the default value and any value read
577 from a preference file. The argument to the option is a string of the
578 form I<prefname>B<:>I<value>, where I<prefname> is the name of the
579 preference (which is the same name that would appear in the preference
580 file), and I<value> is the value to which it should be set.
582 =item -O E<lt>protocolsE<gt>
584 Similar to the B<-V> option, but causes B<TShark> to only show a detailed view
585 of the comma-separated list of I<protocols> specified, rather than a detailed
586 view of all protocols. Use the output of "B<tshark -G protocols>" to find the
587 abbreviations of the protocols you can specify.
591 I<Don't> put the interface into promiscuous mode. Note that the
592 interface might be in promiscuous mode for some other reason; hence,
593 B<-p> cannot be used to ensure that the only traffic that is captured is
594 traffic sent to or from the machine on which B<TShark> is running,
595 broadcast traffic, and multicast traffic to addresses received by that
598 This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first
599 occurrence of the B<-i> option, no interface will be put into the
601 If used after an B<-i> option, the interface specified by the last B<-i>
602 option occurring before this option will not be put into the
607 Decode and display the packet summary, even if writing raw packet data using
612 When capturing packets, don't display the continuous count of packets
613 captured that is normally shown when saving a capture to a file;
614 instead, just display, at the end of the capture, a count of packets
615 captured. On systems that support the SIGINFO signal, such as various
616 BSDs, you can cause the current count to be displayed by typing your
617 "status" character (typically control-T, although it
618 might be set to "disabled" by default on at least some BSDs, so you'd
619 have to explicitly set it to use it).
621 When reading a capture file, or when capturing and not saving to a file,
622 don't print packet information; this is useful if you're using a B<-z>
623 option to calculate statistics and don't want the packet information
624 printed, just the statistics.
628 When capturing packets, only display true errors. This outputs less
629 than the B<-q> option, so the interface name and total packet
630 count and the end of a capture are not sent to stderr.
632 =item -r E<lt>infileE<gt>
634 Read packet data from I<infile>, can be any supported capture file format
635 (including gzipped files). It's B<not> possible to use named pipes
638 =item -R E<lt>Read filterE<gt>
640 Cause the specified filter (which uses the syntax of read/display filters,
641 rather than that of capture filters) to be applied during the first pass of
642 analysis. Packets not matching the filter are not considered for future
643 passes. Only makes sense with multiple passes, see -2. For regular filtering
644 on single-pass dissect see -Y instead.
646 Note that forward-looking fields such as 'response in frame #' cannot be used
647 with this filter, since they will not have been calculate when this filter is
650 =item -s E<lt>capture snaplenE<gt>
652 Set the default snapshot length to use when capturing live data.
653 No more than I<snaplen> bytes of each network packet will be read into
654 memory, or saved to disk. A value of 0 specifies a snapshot length of
655 65535, so that the full packet is captured; this is the default.
657 This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first
658 occurrence of the B<-i> option, it sets the default snapshot length.
659 If used after an B<-i> option, it sets the snapshot length for
660 the interface specified by the last B<-i> option occurring before
661 this option. If the snapshot length is not set specifically,
662 the default snapshot length is used if provided.
664 =item -S E<lt>separatorE<gt>
666 Set the line separator to be printed between packets.
668 =item -t a|ad|adoy|d|dd|e|r|u|ud|udoy
670 Set the format of the packet timestamp printed in summary lines.
671 The format can be one of:
673 B<a> absolute: The absolute time, as local time in your time zone,
674 is the actual time the packet was captured, with no date displayed
676 B<ad> absolute with date: The absolute date, displayed as YYYY-MM-DD,
677 and time, as local time in your time zone, is the actual time and date
678 the packet was captured
680 B<adoy> absolute with date using day of year: The absolute date,
681 displayed as YYYY/DOY, and time, as local time in your time zone,
682 is the actual time and date the packet was captured
684 B<d> delta: The delta time is the time since the previous packet was
687 B<dd> delta_displayed: The delta_displayed time is the time since the
688 previous displayed packet was captured
690 B<e> epoch: The time in seconds since epoch (Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00)
692 B<r> relative: The relative time is the time elapsed between the first packet
693 and the current packet
695 B<u> UTC: The absolute time, as UTC, is the actual time the packet was
696 captured, with no date displayed
698 B<ud> UTC with date: The absolute date, displayed as YYYY-MM-DD,
699 and time, as UTC, is the actual time and date the packet was captured
701 B<udoy> UTC with date using day of year: The absolute date, displayed
702 as YYYY/DOY, and time, as UTC, is the actual time and date the packet
705 The default format is relative.
707 =item -T pdml|psml|ps|text|fields
709 Set the format of the output when viewing decoded packet data. The
712 B<pdml> Packet Details Markup Language, an XML-based format for the details of
713 a decoded packet. This information is equivalent to the packet details
714 printed with the B<-V> flag.
716 B<psml> Packet Summary Markup Language, an XML-based format for the summary
717 information of a decoded packet. This information is equivalent to the
718 information shown in the one-line summary printed by default.
720 B<ps> PostScript for a human-readable one-line summary of each of the packets,
721 or a multi-line view of the details of each of the packets, depending on
722 whether the B<-V> flag was specified.
724 B<text> Text of a human-readable one-line summary of each of the packets, or a
725 multi-line view of the details of each of the packets, depending on
726 whether the B<-V> flag was specified. This is the default.
728 B<fields> The values of fields specified with the B<-e> option, in a
729 form specified by the B<-E> option. For example,
731 -T fields -E separator=, -E quote=d
733 would generate comma-separated values (CSV) output suitable for importing
734 into your favorite spreadsheet program.
739 Print the version and exit.
743 Cause B<TShark> to print a view of the packet details.
745 =item -w E<lt>outfileE<gt> | -
747 Write raw packet data to I<outfile> or to the standard output if
750 NOTE: -w provides raw packet data, not text. If you want text output
751 you need to redirect stdout (e.g. using '>'), don't use the B<-w>
754 =item -W E<lt>file format optionE<gt>
756 Save extra information in the file if the format supports it. For
761 will save host name resolution records along with captured packets.
763 Future versions of Wireshark may automatically change the capture format to
766 The argument is a string that may contain the following letter:
768 B<n> write network address resolution information (pcapng only)
772 Cause B<TShark> to print a hex and ASCII dump of the packet data
773 after printing the summary and/or details, if either are also being displayed.
775 =item -X E<lt>eXtension optionsE<gt>
777 Specify an option to be passed to a B<TShark> module. The eXtension option
778 is in the form I<extension_key>B<:>I<value>, where I<extension_key> can be:
780 B<lua_script>:I<lua_script_filename> tells B<Wireshark> to load the given script in addition to the
783 =item -y E<lt>capture link typeE<gt>
785 Set the data link type to use while capturing packets. The values
786 reported by B<-L> are the values that can be used.
788 This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first
789 occurrence of the B<-i> option, it sets the default capture link type.
790 If used after an B<-i> option, it sets the capture link type for
791 the interface specified by the last B<-i> option occurring before
792 this option. If the capture link type is not set specifically,
793 the default capture link type is used if provided.
795 =item -Y E<lt>displaY filterE<gt>
797 Cause the specified filter (which uses the syntax of read/display filters,
798 rather than that of capture filters) to be applied before printing a
799 decoded form of packets or writing packets to a file. Packets matching the
800 filter are printed or written to file; packets that the matching packets
801 depend upon (e.g., fragments), are not printed but are written to file;
802 packets not matching the filter nor depended upon are discarded rather
803 than being printed or written.
805 Use this instead of -R for filtering using single-pass analysis. If doing
806 two-pass analysis (see -2) then only packets matching the read filter (if there
807 is one) will be checked against this filter.
809 =item -z E<lt>statisticsE<gt>
811 Get B<TShark> to collect various types of statistics and display the result
812 after finishing reading the capture file. Use the B<-q> flag if you're
813 reading a capture file and only want the statistics printed, not any
814 per-packet information.
816 Note that the B<-z proto> option is different - it doesn't cause
817 statistics to be gathered and printed when the capture is complete, it
818 modifies the regular packet summary output to include the values of
819 fields specified with the option. Therefore you must not use the B<-q>
820 option, as that option would suppress the printing of the regular packet
821 summary output, and must also not use the B<-V> option, as that would
822 cause packet detail information rather than packet summary information
825 Currently implemented statistics are:
831 Display all possible values for B<-z>.
833 =item B<-z> afp,srt[,I<filter>]
835 =item B<-z> camel,srt
837 =item B<-z> compare,I<start>,I<stop>,I<ttl[0|1]>,I<order[0|1]>,I<variance>[,I<filter>]
839 If the optional I<filter> is specified, only those packets that match the
840 filter will be used in the calculations.
842 =item B<-z> conv,I<type>[,I<filter>]
844 Create a table that lists all conversations that could be seen in the
845 capture. I<type> specifies the conversation endpoint types for which we
846 want to generate the statistics; currently the supported ones are:
848 "eth" Ethernet addresses
849 "fc" Fibre Channel addresses
850 "fddi" FDDI addresses
852 "ipv6" IPv6 addresses
854 "tcp" TCP/IP socket pairs Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported
855 "tr" Token Ring addresses
856 "udp" UDP/IP socket pairs Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported
858 If the optional I<filter> is specified, only those packets that match the
859 filter will be used in the calculations.
861 The table is presented with one line for each conversation and displays
862 the number of packets/bytes in each direction as well as the total
863 number of packets/bytes. The table is sorted according to the total
866 =item B<-z> dcerpc,srt,I<uuid>,I<major>.I<minor>[,I<filter>]
868 Collect call/reply SRT (Service Response Time) data for DCERPC interface I<uuid>,
869 version I<major>.I<minor>.
870 Data collected is the number of calls for each procedure, MinSRT, MaxSRT
873 Example: S<B<-z dcerpc,srt,12345778-1234-abcd-ef00-0123456789ac,1.0>> will collect data for the CIFS SAMR Interface.
875 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
877 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
878 on those calls that match that filter.
880 Example: S<B<-z dcerpc,srt,12345778-1234-abcd-ef00-0123456789ac,1.0,ip.addr==1.2.3.4>> will collect SAMR
881 SRT statistics for a specific host.
883 =item B<-z> diameter,avp[,I<cmd.code>,I<field>,I<field>,I<...>]
885 This option enables extraction of most important diameter fields from large capture files.
886 Exactly one text line for each diameter message with matched B<diameter.cmd.code> will be printed.
888 Empty diameter command code or '*' can be specified to mach any B<diameter.cmd.code>
890 Example: B<-z diameter,avp> extract default field set from diameter messages.
892 Example: B<-z diameter,avp,280> extract default field set from diameter DWR messages.
894 Example: B<-z diameter,avp,272> extract default field set from diameter CC messages.
896 Extract most important fields from diameter CC messages:
898 B<tshark -r file.cap.gz -q -z diameter,avp,272,CC-Request-Type,CC-Request-Number,Session-Id,Subscription-Id-Data,Rating-Group,Result-Code>
900 Following fields will be printed out for each diameter message:
902 "frame" Frame number.
903 "time" Unix time of the frame arrival.
904 "src" Source address.
905 "srcport" Source port.
906 "dst" Destination address.
907 "dstport" Destination port.
908 "proto" Constant string 'diameter', which can be used for post processing of tshark output. E.g. grep/sed/awk.
909 "msgnr" seq. number of diameter message within the frame. E.g. '2' for the third diameter message in the same frame.
910 "is_request" '0' if message is a request, '1' if message is an answer.
911 "cmd" diameter.cmd_code, E.g. '272' for credit control messages.
912 "req_frame" Number of frame where matched request was found or '0'.
913 "ans_frame" Number of frame where matched answer was found or '0'.
914 "resp_time" response time in seconds, '0' in case if matched Request/Answer is not found in trace. E.g. in the begin or end of capture.
916 B<-z diameter,avp> option is much faster than B<-V -T text> or B<-T pdml> options.
918 B<-z diameter,avp> option is more powerful than B<-T field> and B<-z proto,colinfo> options.
920 Multiple diameter messages in one frame are supported.
922 Several fields with same name within one diameter message are supported, e.g. I<diameter.Subscription-Id-Data> or I<diameter.Rating-Group>.
924 Note: B<tshark -q> option is recommended to suppress default B<tshark> output.
926 =item B<-z> expert[I<,error|,warn|,note|,chat>][I<,filter>]
928 Collects information about all expert info, and will display them in order,
931 Example: B<-z expert,sip> will show expert items of all severity for frames that
932 match the sip protocol.
934 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
936 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
937 on those calls that match that filter.
939 Example: B<-z "expert,note,tcp"> will only collect expert items for frames that
940 include the tcp protocol, with a severity of note or higher.
942 =item B<-z> follow,I<prot>,I<mode>,I<filter>[I<,range>]
944 Displays the contents of a TCP or UDP stream between two nodes. The data
945 sent by the second node is prefixed with a tab to differentiate it from the
946 data sent by the first node.
948 I<prot> specifies the transport protocol. It can be one of:
953 I<mode> specifies the output mode. It can be one of:
954 B<ascii> ASCII output with dots for non-printable characters
955 B<hex> Hexadecimal and ASCII data with offsets
956 B<raw> Hexadecimal data
958 Since the output in B<ascii> mode may contain newlines, the length of each section
959 of output plus a newline precedes each section of output.
961 I<filter> specifies the stream to be displayed. UDP streams are selected with
962 IP address plus port pairs. TCP streams are selected with either the stream
963 index or IP address plus port pairs. For example:
964 B<ip-addr0>:B<port0>,B<ip-addr1>:B<port1>
967 I<range> optionally specifies which "chunks" of the stream should be displayed.
969 Example: B<-z "follow,tcp,hex,1"> will display the contents of the first TCP
970 stream in "hex" format.
972 ===================================================================
974 Filter: tcp.stream eq 1
975 Node 0: 200.57.7.197:32891
976 Node 1: 200.57.7.198:2906
977 00000000 00 00 00 22 00 00 00 07 00 0a 85 02 07 e9 00 02 ...".... ........
978 00000010 07 e9 06 0f 00 0d 00 04 00 00 00 01 00 03 00 06 ........ ........
979 00000020 1f 00 06 04 00 00 ......
980 00000000 00 01 00 00 ....
983 Example: B<-z "follow,tcp,ascii,200.57.7.197:32891,200.57.7.198:2906"> will
984 display the contents of a TCP stream between 200.57.7.197 port 32891 and
985 200.57.7.98 port 2906.
987 ===================================================================
989 Filter: (ommitted for readability)
990 Node 0: 200.57.7.197:32891
991 Node 1: 200.57.7.198:2906
998 =item B<-z> h225,counter[I<,filter>]
1000 Count ITU-T H.225 messages and their reasons. In the first column you get a
1001 list of H.225 messages and H.225 message reasons, which occur in the current
1002 capture file. The number of occurrences of each message or reason is displayed
1003 in the second column.
1005 Example: B<-z h225,counter>.
1007 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
1008 on those calls that match that filter.
1009 Example: use B<-z "h225,counter,ip.addr==1.2.3.4"> to only collect stats for
1010 H.225 packets exchanged by the host at IP address 1.2.3.4 .
1012 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1014 =item B<-z> h225,srt[I<,filter>]
1016 Collect requests/response SRT (Service Response Time) data for ITU-T H.225 RAS.
1017 Data collected is number of calls of each ITU-T H.225 RAS Message Type,
1018 Minimum SRT, Maximum SRT, Average SRT, Minimum in Packet, and Maximum in Packet.
1019 You will also get the number of Open Requests (Unresponded Requests),
1020 Discarded Responses (Responses without matching request) and Duplicate Messages.
1022 Example: B<-z h225,srt>
1024 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1026 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
1027 on those calls that match that filter.
1029 Example: B<-z "h225,srt,ip.addr==1.2.3.4"> will only collect stats for
1030 ITU-T H.225 RAS packets exchanged by the host at IP address 1.2.3.4 .
1032 =item B<-z> hosts[,ipv4][,ipv6]
1034 Dump any collected IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses in "hosts" format. Both IPv4
1035 and IPv6 addresses are dumped by default.
1037 Addresses are collected from a number of sources, including standard "hosts"
1038 files and captured traffic.
1040 =item B<-z> http,stat,
1042 Calculate the HTTP statistics distribution. Displayed values are
1043 the HTTP status codes and the HTTP request methods.
1045 =item B<-z> http,tree
1047 Calculate the HTTP packet distribution. Displayed values are the
1048 HTTP request modes and the HTTP status codes.
1050 =item B<-z> http_req,tree
1052 Calculate the HTTP requests by server. Displayed values are the
1053 server name and the URI path.
1055 =item B<-z> http_srv,tree
1057 Calculate the HTTP requests and responses by server. For the HTTP
1058 requests, displayed values are the server IP address and server
1059 hostname. For the HTTP responses, displayed values are the server
1060 IP address and status.
1062 =item B<-z> icmp,srt[,I<filter>]
1064 Compute total ICMP echo requests, replies, loss, and percent loss, as well as
1065 minimum, maximum, mean, median and sample standard deviation SRT statistics
1066 typical of what ping provides.
1068 Example: S<B<-z icmp,srt,ip.src==1.2.3.4>> will collect ICMP SRT statistics
1069 for ICMP echo request packets originating from a specific host.
1071 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1073 =item B<-z> icmpv6,srt[,I<filter>]
1075 Compute total ICMPv6 echo requests, replies, loss, and percent loss, as well as
1076 minimum, maximum, mean, median and sample standard deviation SRT statistics
1077 typical of what ping provides.
1079 Example: S<B<-z icmpv6,srt,ipv6.src==fe80::1>> will collect ICMPv6 SRT statistics
1080 for ICMPv6 echo request packets originating from a specific host.
1082 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1084 =item B<-z> io,phs[,I<filter>]
1086 Create Protocol Hierarchy Statistics listing both number of packets and bytes.
1087 If no I<filter> is specified the statistics will be calculated for all packets.
1088 If a I<filter> is specified statistics will only be calculated for those
1089 packets that match the filter.
1091 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1093 =item B<-z> io,stat,I<interval>[,I<filter>][,I<filter>][,I<filter>]...
1095 Collect packet/bytes statistics for the capture in intervals of
1096 I<interval> seconds. I<Interval> can be specified either as a whole or
1097 fractional second and can be specified with microsecond (us) resolution.
1098 If I<interval> is 0, the statistics will be calculated over all packets.
1100 If no I<filter> is specified the statistics will be calculated for all packets.
1101 If one or more I<filters> are specified statistics will be calculated for
1102 all filters and presented with one column of statistics for each filter.
1104 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1106 Example: B<-z io,stat,1,ip.addr==1.2.3.4> will generate 1 second
1107 statistics for all traffic to/from host 1.2.3.4.
1109 Example: B<-z "io,stat,0.001,smb&&ip.addr==1.2.3.4"> will generate 1ms
1110 statistics for all SMB packets to/from host 1.2.3.4.
1112 The examples above all use the standard syntax for generating statistics
1113 which only calculates the number of packets and bytes in each interval.
1115 B<io,stat> can also do much more statistics and calculate COUNT(), SUM(),
1116 MIN(), MAX(), AVG() and LOAD() using a slightly different filter syntax:
1118 =item -z io,stat,I<interval>,E<34>[COUNT|SUM|MIN|MAX|AVG|LOAD](I<field>)I<filter>E<34>
1120 NOTE: One important thing to note here is that the filter is not optional
1121 and that the field that the calculation is based on MUST be part of the filter
1122 string or the calculation will fail.
1124 So: B<-z io,stat,0.010,AVG(smb.time)> does not work. Use B<-z
1125 io,stat,0.010,AVG(smb.time)smb.time> instead. Also be aware that a field
1126 can exist multiple times inside the same packet and will then be counted
1127 multiple times in those packets.
1129 NOTE: A second important thing to note is that the system setting for
1130 decimal separator must be set to "."! If it is set to "," the statistics
1131 will not be displayed per filter.
1133 B<COUNT(I<field>)I<filter>> - Calculates the number of times that the
1134 field I<name> (not its value) appears per interval in the filtered packet list.
1135 ''I<field>'' can be any display filter name.
1137 Example: B<-z io,stat,0.010,E<34>COUNT(smb.sid)smb.sidE<34>>
1139 This will count the total number of SIDs seen in each 10ms interval.
1141 B<SUM(I<field>)I<filter>> - Unlike COUNT, the I<values> of the
1142 specified field are summed per time interval.
1143 ''I<field>'' can only be a named integer, float, double or relative time field.
1145 Example: B<-z io,stat,0.010,E<34>SUM(frame.len)frame.lenE<34>>
1147 Reports the total number of bytes that were transmitted bidirectionally in
1148 all the packets within a 10 millisecond interval.
1150 B<MIN/MAX/AVG(I<field>)I<filter>> - The minimum, maximum, or average field value
1151 in each interval is calculated. The specified field must be a named integer,
1152 float, double or relative time field. For relative time fields, the output is presented in
1153 seconds with six decimal digits of precision rounded to the nearest microsecond.
1155 In the following example, the time of the first Read_AndX call, the last Read_AndX
1156 response values are displayed and the minimum, maximum, and average Read response times
1157 (SRTs) are calculated. NOTE: If the DOS command shell line continuation character, ''^''
1158 is used, each line cannot end in a comma so it is placed at the beginning of each
1161 tshark -o tcp.desegment_tcp_streams:FALSE -n -q -r smb_reads.cap -z io,stat,0,
1162 "MIN(frame.time_relative)frame.time_relative and smb.cmd==0x2e and smb.flags.response==0",
1163 "MAX(frame.time_relative)frame.time_relative and smb.cmd==0x2e and smb.flags.response==1",
1164 "MIN(smb.time)smb.time and smb.cmd==0x2e",
1165 "MAX(smb.time)smb.time and smb.cmd==0x2e",
1166 "AVG(smb.time)smb.time and smb.cmd==0x2e"
1169 ======================================================================================================
1171 Column #0: MIN(frame.time_relative)frame.time_relative and smb.cmd==0x2e and smb.flags.response==0
1172 Column #1: MAX(frame.time_relative)frame.time_relative and smb.cmd==0x2e and smb.flags.response==1
1173 Column #2: MIN(smb.time)smb.time and smb.cmd==0x2e
1174 Column #3: MAX(smb.time)smb.time and smb.cmd==0x2e
1175 Column #4: AVG(smb.time)smb.time and smb.cmd==0x2e
1176 | Column #0 | Column #1 | Column #2 | Column #3 | Column #4 |
1177 Time | MIN | MAX | MIN | MAX | AVG |
1178 000.000- 0.000000 7.704054 0.000072 0.005539 0.000295
1179 ======================================================================================================
1181 The following command displays the average SMB Read response PDU size, the
1182 total number of read PDU bytes, the average SMB Write request PDU size, and
1183 the total number of bytes transferred in SMB Write PDUs:
1185 tshark -n -q -r smb_reads_writes.cap -z io,stat,0,
1186 "AVG(smb.file.rw.length)smb.file.rw.length and smb.cmd==0x2e and smb.response_to",
1187 "SUM(smb.file.rw.length)smb.file.rw.length and smb.cmd==0x2e and smb.response_to",
1188 "AVG(smb.file.rw.length)smb.file.rw.length and smb.cmd==0x2f and not smb.response_to",
1189 "SUM(smb.file.rw.length)smb.file.rw.length and smb.cmd==0x2f and not smb.response_to"
1191 =====================================================================================
1193 Column #0: AVG(smb.file.rw.length)smb.file.rw.length and smb.cmd==0x2e and smb.response_to
1194 Column #1: SUM(smb.file.rw.length)smb.file.rw.length and smb.cmd==0x2e and smb.response_to
1195 Column #2: AVG(smb.file.rw.length)smb.file.rw.length and smb.cmd==0x2f and not smb.response_to
1196 Column #3: SUM(smb.file.rw.length)smb.file.rw.length and smb.cmd==0x2f and not smb.response_to
1197 | Column #0 | Column #1 | Column #2 | Column #3 |
1198 Time | AVG | SUM | AVG | SUM |
1199 000.000- 30018 28067522 72 3240
1200 =====================================================================================
1202 B<LOAD(I<field>)I<filter>> - The LOAD/Queue-Depth
1203 in each interval is calculated. The specified field must be a relative time field that represents a response time. For example smb.time.
1204 For each interval the Queue-Depth for the specified protocol is calculated.
1206 The following command displays the average SMB LOAD.
1207 A value of 1.0 represents one I/O in flight.
1209 tshark -n -q -r smb_reads_writes.cap
1210 -z "io,stat,0.001,LOAD(smb.time)smb.time"
1212 ============================================================================
1214 Interval: 0.001000 secs
1215 Column #0: LOAD(smb.time)smb.time
1218 0000.000000-0000.001000 1.000000
1219 0000.001000-0000.002000 0.741000
1220 0000.002000-0000.003000 0.000000
1221 0000.003000-0000.004000 1.000000
1225 B<FRAMES | BYTES[()I<filter>]> - Displays the total number of frames or bytes.
1226 The filter field is optional but if included it must be prepended with ''()''.
1228 The following command displays five columns: the total number of frames and bytes
1229 (transferred bidirectionally) using a single comma, the same two stats using the FRAMES and BYTES
1230 subcommands, the total number of frames containing at least one SMB Read response, and
1231 the total number of bytes transmitted to the client (unidirectionally) at IP address 10.1.0.64.
1233 tshark -o tcp.desegment_tcp_streams:FALSE -n -q -r smb_reads.cap -z io,stat,0,,FRAMES,BYTES,
1234 "FRAMES()smb.cmd==0x2e and smb.response_to","BYTES()ip.dst==10.1.0.64"
1236 =======================================================================================================================
1241 Column #3: FRAMES()smb.cmd==0x2e and smb.response_to
1242 Column #4: BYTES()ip.dst==10.1.0.64
1243 | Column #0 | Column #1 | Column #2 | Column #3 | Column #4 |
1244 Time | Frames | Bytes | FRAMES | BYTES | FRAMES | BYTES |
1245 000.000- 33576 29721685 33576 29721685 870 29004801
1246 =======================================================================================================================
1248 =item B<-z> mac-lte,stat[I<,filter>]
1250 This option will activate a counter for LTE MAC messages. You will get
1251 information about the maximum number of UEs/TTI, common messages and
1252 various counters for each UE that appears in the log.
1254 Example: B<-z mac-lte,stat>.
1256 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1258 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
1259 for those frames that match that filter.
1260 Example: B<-z "mac-lte,stat,mac-lte.rnti>3000"> will only collect stats for
1261 UEs with an assigned RNTI whose value is more than 3000.
1263 =item B<-z> megaco,rtd[I<,filter>]
1265 Collect requests/response RTD (Response Time Delay) data for MEGACO.
1266 (This is similar to B<-z smb,srt>). Data collected is the number of calls
1267 for each known MEGACO Type, MinRTD, MaxRTD and AvgRTD.
1268 Additionally you get the number of duplicate requests/responses,
1269 unresponded requests, responses, which don't match with any request.
1270 Example: B<-z megaco,rtd>.
1272 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
1273 on those calls that match that filter.
1274 Example: B<-z "megaco,rtd,ip.addr==1.2.3.4"> will only collect stats for
1275 MEGACO packets exchanged by the host at IP address 1.2.3.4 .
1277 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1279 =item B<-z> mgcp,rtd[I<,filter>]
1281 Collect requests/response RTD (Response Time Delay) data for MGCP.
1282 (This is similar to B<-z smb,srt>). Data collected is the number of calls
1283 for each known MGCP Type, MinRTD, MaxRTD and AvgRTD.
1284 Additionally you get the number of duplicate requests/responses,
1285 unresponded requests, responses, which don't match with any request.
1286 Example: B<-z mgcp,rtd>.
1288 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1290 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
1291 on those calls that match that filter.
1292 Example: B<-z "mgcp,rtd,ip.addr==1.2.3.4"> will only collect stats for
1293 MGCP packets exchanged by the host at IP address 1.2.3.4 .
1295 =item B<-z> proto,colinfo,I<filter>,I<field>
1297 Append all I<field> values for the packet to the Info column of the
1298 one-line summary output.
1299 This feature can be used to append arbitrary fields to the Info column
1300 in addition to the normal content of that column.
1301 I<field> is the display-filter name of a field which value should be placed
1303 I<filter> is a filter string that controls for which packets the field value
1304 will be presented in the info column. I<field> will only be presented in the
1305 Info column for the packets which match I<filter>.
1307 NOTE: In order for B<TShark> to be able to extract the I<field> value
1308 from the packet, I<field> MUST be part of the I<filter> string. If not,
1309 B<TShark> will not be able to extract its value.
1311 For a simple example to add the "nfs.fh.hash" field to the Info column
1312 for all packets containing the "nfs.fh.hash" field, use
1314 B<-z proto,colinfo,nfs.fh.hash,nfs.fh.hash>
1316 To put "nfs.fh.hash" in the Info column but only for packets coming from
1319 B<-z "proto,colinfo,nfs.fh.hash && ip.src==1.2.3.4,nfs.fh.hash">
1321 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1323 =item B<-z> rlc-lte,stat[I<,filter>]
1325 This option will activate a counter for LTE RLC messages. You will get
1326 information about common messages and various counters for each UE that appears
1329 Example: B<-z rlc-lte,stat>.
1331 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1333 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
1334 for those frames that match that filter.
1335 Example: B<-z "rlc-lte,stat,rlc-lte.ueid>3000"> will only collect stats for
1336 UEs with a UEId of more than 3000.
1338 =item B<-z> rpc,programs
1340 Collect call/reply SRT data for all known ONC-RPC programs/versions.
1341 Data collected is number of calls for each protocol/version, MinSRT,
1343 This option can only be used once on the command line.
1345 =item B<-z> rpc,srt,I<program>,I<version>[,I<filter>]
1347 Collect call/reply SRT (Service Response Time) data for I<program>/I<version>.
1348 Data collected is the number of calls for each procedure, MinSRT, MaxSRT,
1349 AvgSRT, and the total time taken for each procedure.
1352 Example: B<-z rpc,srt,100003,3> will collect data for NFS v3.
1354 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1356 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
1357 on those calls that match that filter.
1359 Example: B<-z rpc,srt,100003,3,nfs.fh.hash==0x12345678> will collect NFS v3
1360 SRT statistics for a specific file.
1362 =item B<-z> rtp,streams
1364 Collect statistics for all RTP streams and calculate max. delta, max. and
1365 mean jitter and packet loss percentages.
1367 =item B<-z> scsi,srt,I<cmdset>[,I<filter>]
1369 Collect call/reply SRT (Service Response Time) data for SCSI commandset I<cmdset>.
1371 Commandsets are 0:SBC 1:SSC 5:MMC
1374 is the number of calls for each procedure, MinSRT, MaxSRT and AvgSRT.
1376 Example: B<-z scsi,srt,0> will collect data for SCSI BLOCK COMMANDS (SBC).
1378 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1380 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
1381 on those calls that match that filter.
1383 Example: B<-z scsi,srt,0,ip.addr==1.2.3.4> will collect SCSI SBC
1384 SRT statistics for a specific iscsi/ifcp/fcip host.
1386 =item B<-z> sip,stat[I<,filter>]
1388 This option will activate a counter for SIP messages. You will get the number
1389 of occurrences of each SIP Method and of each SIP Status-Code. Additionally
1390 you also get the number of resent SIP Messages (only for SIP over UDP).
1392 Example: B<-z sip,stat>.
1394 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1396 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
1397 on those calls that match that filter.
1398 Example: B<-z "sip,stat,ip.addr==1.2.3.4"> will only collect stats for
1399 SIP packets exchanged by the host at IP address 1.2.3.4 .
1401 =item B<-z> smb,sids
1403 When this feature is used B<TShark> will print a report with all the
1404 discovered SID and account name mappings. Only those SIDs where the
1405 account name is known will be presented in the table.
1407 For this feature to work you will need to either to enable
1408 "Edit/Preferences/Protocols/SMB/Snoop SID to name mappings" in the
1409 preferences or you can override the preferences by specifying
1410 S<B<-o "smb.sid_name_snooping:TRUE">> on the B<TShark> command line.
1412 The current method used by B<TShark> to find the SID->name mapping
1413 is relatively restricted with a hope of future expansion.
1415 =item B<-z> smb,srt[,I<filter>]
1417 Collect call/reply SRT (Service Response Time) data for SMB. Data collected
1418 is number of calls for each SMB command, MinSRT, MaxSRT and AvgSRT.
1420 Example: B<-z smb,srt>
1422 The data will be presented as separate tables for all normal SMB commands,
1423 all Transaction2 commands and all NT Transaction commands.
1424 Only those commands that are seen in the capture will have its stats
1426 Only the first command in a xAndX command chain will be used in the
1427 calculation. So for common SessionSetupAndX + TreeConnectAndX chains,
1428 only the SessionSetupAndX call will be used in the statistics.
1429 This is a flaw that might be fixed in the future.
1431 This option can be used multiple times on the command line.
1433 If the optional I<filter> is provided, the stats will only be calculated
1434 on those calls that match that filter.
1436 Example: B<-z "smb,srt,ip.addr==1.2.3.4"> will only collect stats for
1437 SMB packets exchanged by the host at IP address 1.2.3.4 .
1439 =item --capture-comment E<lt>commentE<gt>
1441 Add a capture comment to the output file.
1443 This option is only available if a new output file in pcapng format is
1444 created. Only one capture comment may be set per output file.
1450 =head1 CAPTURE FILTER SYNTAX
1452 See the manual page of pcap-filter(7) or, if that doesn't exist, tcpdump(8),
1453 or, if that doesn't exist, L<http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureFilters>.
1455 =head1 READ FILTER SYNTAX
1457 For a complete table of protocol and protocol fields that are filterable
1458 in B<TShark> see the wireshark-filter(4) manual page.
1462 These files contains various B<Wireshark> configuration values.
1468 The F<preferences> files contain global (system-wide) and personal
1469 preference settings. If the system-wide preference file exists, it is
1470 read first, overriding the default settings. If the personal preferences
1471 file exists, it is read next, overriding any previous values. Note: If
1472 the command line option B<-o> is used (possibly more than once), it will
1473 in turn override values from the preferences files.
1475 The preferences settings are in the form I<prefname>B<:>I<value>,
1477 where I<prefname> is the name of the preference
1478 and I<value> is the value to
1479 which it should be set; white space is allowed between B<:> and
1480 I<value>. A preference setting can be continued on subsequent lines by
1481 indenting the continuation lines with white space. A B<#> character
1482 starts a comment that runs to the end of the line:
1484 # Capture in promiscuous mode?
1485 # TRUE or FALSE (case-insensitive).
1486 capture.prom_mode: TRUE
1488 The global preferences file is looked for in the F<wireshark> directory
1489 under the F<share> subdirectory of the main installation directory (for
1490 example, F</usr/local/share/wireshark/preferences>) on UNIX-compatible
1491 systems, and in the main installation directory (for example,
1492 F<C:\Program Files\Wireshark\preferences>) on Windows systems.
1494 The personal preferences file is looked for in
1495 F<$HOME/.wireshark/preferences> on
1496 UNIX-compatible systems and F<%APPDATA%\Wireshark\preferences> (or, if
1497 %APPDATA% isn't defined, F<%USERPROFILE%\Application
1498 Data\Wireshark\preferences>) on Windows systems.
1500 =item Disabled (Enabled) Protocols
1502 The F<disabled_protos> files contain system-wide and personal lists of
1503 protocols that have been disabled, so that their dissectors are never
1504 called. The files contain protocol names, one per line, where the
1505 protocol name is the same name that would be used in a display filter
1511 The global F<disabled_protos> file uses the same directory as the global
1514 The personal F<disabled_protos> file uses the same directory as the
1515 personal preferences file.
1517 =item Name Resolution (hosts)
1519 If the personal F<hosts> file exists, it is
1520 used to resolve IPv4 and IPv6 addresses before any other
1521 attempts are made to resolve them. The file has the standard F<hosts>
1522 file syntax; each line contains one IP address and name, separated by
1523 whitespace. The same directory as for the personal preferences file is
1526 Capture filter name resolution is handled by libpcap on UNIX-compatible
1527 systems and WinPcap on Windows. As such the Wireshark personal F<hosts> file
1528 will not be consulted for capture filter name resolution.
1530 =item Name Resolution (ethers)
1532 The F<ethers> files are consulted to correlate 6-byte hardware addresses to
1533 names. First the personal F<ethers> file is tried and if an address is not
1534 found there the global F<ethers> file is tried next.
1536 Each line contains one hardware address and name, separated by
1537 whitespace. The digits of the hardware address are separated by colons
1538 (:), dashes (-) or periods (.). The same separator character must be
1539 used consistently in an address. The following three lines are valid
1540 lines of an F<ethers> file:
1542 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Broadcast
1543 c0-00-ff-ff-ff-ff TR_broadcast
1544 00.00.00.00.00.00 Zero_broadcast
1546 The global F<ethers> file is looked for in the F</etc> directory on
1547 UNIX-compatible systems, and in the main installation directory (for
1548 example, F<C:\Program Files\Wireshark>) on Windows systems.
1550 The personal F<ethers> file is looked for in the same directory as the personal
1553 Capture filter name resolution is handled by libpcap on UNIX-compatible
1554 systems and WinPcap on Windows. As such the Wireshark personal F<ethers> file
1555 will not be consulted for capture filter name resolution.
1557 =item Name Resolution (manuf)
1559 The F<manuf> file is used to match the 3-byte vendor portion of a 6-byte
1560 hardware address with the manufacturer's name; it can also contain well-known
1561 MAC addresses and address ranges specified with a netmask. The format of the
1562 file is the same as the F<ethers> files, except that entries of the form:
1566 can be provided, with the 3-byte OUI and the name for a vendor, and
1569 00-00-0C-07-AC/40 All-HSRP-routers
1571 can be specified, with a MAC address and a mask indicating how many bits
1572 of the address must match. The above entry, for example, has 40
1573 significant bits, or 5 bytes, and would match addresses from
1574 00-00-0C-07-AC-00 through 00-00-0C-07-AC-FF. The mask need not be a
1577 The F<manuf> file is looked for in the same directory as the global
1580 =item Name Resolution (ipxnets)
1582 The F<ipxnets> files are used to correlate 4-byte IPX network numbers to
1583 names. First the global F<ipxnets> file is tried and if that address is not
1584 found there the personal one is tried next.
1586 The format is the same as the F<ethers>
1587 file, except that each address is four bytes instead of six.
1588 Additionally, the address can be represented as a single hexadecimal
1589 number, as is more common in the IPX world, rather than four hex octets.
1590 For example, these four lines are valid lines of an F<ipxnets> file:
1594 00:00:BE:EF IT_Server1
1597 The global F<ipxnets> file is looked for in the F</etc> directory on
1598 UNIX-compatible systems, and in the main installation directory (for
1599 example, F<C:\Program Files\Wireshark>) on Windows systems.
1601 The personal F<ipxnets> file is looked for in the same directory as the
1602 personal preferences file.
1606 =head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
1610 =item WIRESHARK_APPDATA
1612 On Windows, Wireshark normally stores all application data in %APPDATA% or
1613 %USERPROFILE%. You can override the default location by exporting this
1614 environment variable to specify an alternate location.
1616 =item WIRESHARK_DEBUG_EP_NO_CHUNKS
1618 Normally per-packet memory is allocated in large "chunks." This behavior
1619 doesn't work well with debugging tools such as Valgrind or ElectricFence.
1620 Export this environment variable to force individual allocations.
1621 Note: disabling chunks also disables canaries (see below).
1623 =item WIRESHARK_DEBUG_SE_NO_CHUNKS
1625 Normally per-file memory is allocated in large "chunks." This behavior
1626 doesn't work well with debugging tools such as Valgrind or ElectricFence.
1627 Export this environment variable to force individual allocations.
1628 Note: disabling chunks also disables canaries (see below).
1630 =item WIRESHARK_DEBUG_EP_NO_CANARY
1632 Normally per-packet memory allocations are separated by "canaries" which
1633 allow detection of memory overruns. This comes at the expense of some extra
1634 memory usage. Exporting this environment variable disables these canaries.
1636 =item WIRESHARK_DEBUG_SE_USE_CANARY
1638 Exporting this environment variable causes per-file memory allocations to be
1639 protected with "canaries" which allow for detection of memory overruns.
1640 This comes at the expense of significant extra memory usage.
1642 =item WIRESHARK_DEBUG_SCRUB_MEMORY
1644 If this environment variable is set, the contents of per-packet and
1645 per-file memory is initialized to 0xBADDCAFE when the memory is allocated
1646 and is reset to 0xDEADBEEF when the memory is freed. This functionality is
1647 useful mainly to developers looking for bugs in the way memory is handled.
1649 =item WIRESHARK_DEBUG_WMEM_OVERRIDE
1651 Setting this environment variable forces the wmem framework to use the
1652 specified allocator backend for *all* allocations, regardless of which
1653 backend is normally specified by the code. This is mainly useful to developers
1654 when testing or debugging. See I<README.wmem> in the source distribution for
1657 =item WIRESHARK_RUN_FROM_BUILD_DIRECTORY
1659 This environment variable causes the plugins and other data files to be loaded
1660 from the build directory (where the program was compiled) rather than from the
1661 standard locations. It has no effect when the program in question is running
1662 with root (or setuid) permissions on *NIX.
1664 =item WIRESHARK_DATA_DIR
1666 This environment variable causes the various data files to be loaded from
1667 a directory other than the standard locations. It has no effect when the
1668 program in question is running with root (or setuid) permissions on *NIX.
1670 =item WIRESHARK_PYTHON_DIR
1672 This environment variable points to an alternate location for Python.
1673 It has no effect when the program in question is running with root (or setuid)
1674 permissions on *NIX.
1676 =item ERF_RECORDS_TO_CHECK
1678 This environment variable controls the number of ERF records checked when
1679 deciding if a file really is in the ERF format. Setting this environment
1680 variable a number higher than the default (20) would make false positives
1683 =item IPFIX_RECORDS_TO_CHECK
1685 This environment variable controls the number of IPFIX records checked when
1686 deciding if a file really is in the IPFIX format. Setting this environment
1687 variable a number higher than the default (20) would make false positives
1690 =item WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_DISSECTOR_BUG
1692 If this environment variable is set, B<TShark> will call abort(3)
1693 when a dissector bug is encountered. abort(3) will cause the program to
1694 exit abnormally; if you are running B<TShark> in a debugger, it
1695 should halt in the debugger and allow inspection of the process, and, if
1696 you are not running it in a debugger, it will, on some OSes, assuming
1697 your environment is configured correctly, generate a core dump file.
1698 This can be useful to developers attempting to troubleshoot a problem
1699 with a protocol dissector.
1701 =item WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_TOO_MANY_ITEMS
1703 If this environment variable is set, B<TShark> will call abort(3)
1704 if a dissector tries to add too many items to a tree (generally this
1705 is an indication of the dissector not breaking out of a loop soon enough).
1706 abort(3) will cause the program to exit abnormally; if you are running
1707 B<TShark> in a debugger, it should halt in the debugger and allow
1708 inspection of the process, and, if you are not running it in a debugger,
1709 it will, on some OSes, assuming your environment is configured correctly,
1710 generate a core dump file. This can be useful to developers attempting to
1711 troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector.
1713 =item WIRESHARK_EP_VERIFY_POINTERS
1715 This environment variable, if present, causes certain uses of pointers to be
1716 audited to ensure they do not point to memory that is deallocated after each
1717 packet has been fully dissected. This can be useful to developers writing or
1720 =item WIRESHARK_SE_VERIFY_POINTERS
1722 This environment variable, if present, causes certain uses of pointers to be
1723 audited to ensure they do not point to memory that is deallocated after when
1724 a capture file is closed. This can be useful to developers writing or
1727 =item WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_OUT_OF_MEMORY
1729 This environment variable, if present, causes abort(3) to be called if certain
1730 out-of-memory conditions (which normally result in an exception and an
1731 explanatory error message) are experienced. This can be useful to developers
1732 debugging out-of-memory conditions.
1738 wireshark-filter(4), wireshark(1), editcap(1), pcap(3), dumpcap(1),
1739 text2pcap(1), mergecap(1), pcap-filter(7) or tcpdump(8)
1743 B<TShark> is part of the B<Wireshark> distribution. The latest version
1744 of B<Wireshark> can be found at L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
1746 HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
1747 L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.
1751 B<TShark> uses the same packet dissection code that B<Wireshark> does,
1752 as well as using many other modules from B<Wireshark>; see the list of
1753 authors in the B<Wireshark> man page for a list of authors of that code.