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B<ek> Newline delimited JSON format for bulk import into Elasticsearch.
It can be used with B<-j> or B<-J> including the JSON filter or with
-B<-x> flag to include raw hex-encoded packet data.
+B<-x> to include raw hex-encoded packet data.
+If B<-P> is specified it will print the packet summary only, with both
+B<-P> and B<-V> it will print the packet summary and packet details.
+If neither B<-P> or B<-V> are used it will print the packet details only.
Example of usage to import data into Elasticsearch:
- tshark -T ek -j "http tcp ip" -x -r file.pcap > file.json
- curl -XPUT http://elasticsearch:9200/_bulk --data-binary @file.json
+ tshark -T ek -j "http tcp ip" -P -V -x -r file.pcap > file.json
+ curl -H "Content-Type: application/x-ndjson" -XPOST http://elasticsearch:9200/_bulk --data-binary "@file.json"
B<fields> The values of fields specified with the B<-e> option, in a
form specified by the B<-E> option. For example,