1REORDERCAP(1)           The Wireshark Network Analyzer           REORDERCAP(1)
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NAME

6       reordercap - Reorder input file by timestamp into output file
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SYNOPSIS

9       reordercap [ -n ] [ -v ] <infile> <outfile>
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DESCRIPTION

12       Reordercap is a program that reads an input capture file and rewrites
13       the frames to an output capture file, but with the frames sorted by
14       increasing timestamp.
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16       This functionality may be useful when capture files have been created
17       by combining frames from more than one well-synchronised source, but
18       the frames have not been combined in strict time order.
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20       Reordercap writes the output capture file in the same format as the
21       input capture file.
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23       Reordercap is able to detect, read and write the same capture files
24       that are supported by Wireshark.  The input file doesn't need a
25       specific filename extension; the file format and an optional gzip
26       compression will be detected automatically.  Near the beginning of the
27       DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or
28       <https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html> is a detailed
29       description of the way Wireshark handles this, which is the same way
30       reordercap handles this.
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OPTIONS

33       -n  When the -n option is used, reordercap will not write out the
34           output file if it finds that the input file is already in order.
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36       -v  Print the version and exit.
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SEE ALSO

39       pcap(3), wireshark(1), tshark(1), dumpcap(1), editcap(1), mergecap(1),
40       text2pcap(1), pcap-filter(7) or tcpdump(8)
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NOTES

43       Reordercap is part of the Wireshark distribution.  The latest version
44       of Wireshark can be found at <https://www.wireshark.org>.
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46       It may make sense to move this functionality into editcap, or perhaps
47       mergecap, in which case reordercap could be retired.
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49       HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
50       <https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.
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AUTHORS

53         Original Author
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55         Martin Mathieson             <martin.r.mathieson[AT]googlemail.com>
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593.4.4                             2021-03-16                     REORDERCAP(1)
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