1CAPTYPE(1)                                                          CAPTYPE(1)
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NAME

6       captype - Prints the types of capture files
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SYNOPSIS

9       captype [ -h ] [ -v ] <infile> ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Captype is a program that opens one or more capture files and prints
13       the capture file type of each <infile>.
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15       Captype is able to detect and read the same capture files that are
16       supported by Wireshark. The input files don’t need a specific filename
17       extension; the file format and an optional gzip, zstd or lz4
18       compression will be automatically detected. Near the beginning of the
19       DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or
20       https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html is a detailed
21       description of the way Wireshark handles this, which is the same way
22       Captype handles this.
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OPTIONS

25       -h|--help
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27           Print the version number and options and exit.
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29       -v|--version
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31           Print the full version information and exit.
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SEE ALSO

34       pcap(3), wireshark(1), mergecap(1), editcap(1), tshark(1), dumpcap(1),
35       capinfos(1), pcap-filter(7) or tcpdump(8)
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NOTES

38       Captype is part of the Wireshark distribution. The latest version of
39       Wireshark can be found at https://www.wireshark.org.
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41       HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at
42       https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages.
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AUTHORS

45       Original Author
46       Ian Schorr <ian[AT]ianschorr.com>
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48       Contributors
49       Gerald Combs <gerald[AT]wireshark.org>
50       Jim Young <jyoung[AT]gsu.edu>
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54                                  2021-11-25                        CAPTYPE(1)
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