Re: [Ethereal-users] Can I open and then export a file from the command line?

[Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Linick, James (SED/WESTAR) wrote:
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> Is it possible to open a tcpdump file and export it to a PDML file from
> the command line?

Sure!  First, upgrade to Wireshark.  As the message above indicates,
development under the name "Ethereal" has ceased.  Then use TShark to
read the file and print to pdml:

    tshark -nr /path/to/tcpdump_file.pcap -T pdml

The TShark manual page can be found online at

    http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html