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6 captype - Prints the types of capture files
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9 captype [ -h ] [ -v ] <infile> ...
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12 Captype is a program that opens one or more capture files and prints
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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
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25 -h|--help
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27 Print the version number and options and exit.
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31 Print the full version information and exit.
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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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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
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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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