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authorGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2000-08-09 05:58:08 +0000
committerGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2000-08-09 05:58:08 +0000
commitb8a983f558e9ce4ac00653270796aba470f0d195 (patch)
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parentba2272fb26772303b65bb660671f1b36ab9f628a (diff)
Document that ranges of packet numbers can be specified.
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@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ versions of the B<Sniffer> software.
A list of packet numbers can be specified on the command line; the
packets with those numbers will I<not> be written to the capture file,
unless the B<-r> flag is specified, in which case I<only> those packets
-will be written to the capture file.
+will be written to the capture file. Ranges of packet numbers can be
+specified as I<start>-I<end>, referring to all packets from I<start> to
+I<end> (removing them all if B<-r> isn't specified, including them all
+if B<-r> is specified).
If the B<-s> flag is used to specify a snapshot length, frames in the
input file with more captured data than the specified snapshot length