From 4c19d29b7ca86d666b5168e0612c6b3374bb8d1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Maynard Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:52:40 +0000 Subject: Improve tshark command-line error help. Fixes https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9548 and adds addtional help, better formatting, sorting and some minimal documentation of the -u option to the tshark man page. svn path=/trunk/; revision=53938 --- doc/tshark.pod | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/tshark.pod') diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod index 15723ea219..4d5b5ed4af 100644 --- a/doc/tshark.pod +++ b/doc/tshark.pod @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ S<[ B<-R> ERead filterE ]> S<[ B<-s> Ecapture snaplenE ]> S<[ B<-S> EseparatorE ]> S<[ B<-t> a|ad|adoy|d|dd|e|r|u|ud|udoy ]> -S<[ B<-T> pdml|psml|ps|text|fields ]> +S<[ B<-T> fields|pdml|ps|psml|text ]> +S<[ B<-u> Eseconds typeE]> S<[ B<-v> ]> S<[ B<-V> ]> S<[ B<-w> EoutfileE|- ]> @@ -560,6 +561,8 @@ are turned on. The argument is a string that may contain the letters: +B to enable concurrent (asynchronous) DNS lookups + B to enable MAC address resolution B to enable network address resolution @@ -569,8 +572,6 @@ resolution B to enable transport-layer port number resolution -B to enable concurrent (asynchronous) DNS lookups - =item -o EpreferenceE:EvalueE Set a preference value, overriding the default value and any value read @@ -704,35 +705,42 @@ was captured The default format is relative. -=item -T pdml|psml|ps|text|fields +=item -T fields|pdml|ps|psml|text Set the format of the output when viewing decoded packet data. The options are one of: +B The values of fields specified with the B<-e> option, in a +form specified by the B<-E> option. For example, + + -T fields -E separator=, -E quote=d + +would generate comma-separated values (CSV) output suitable for importing +into your favorite spreadsheet program. + B Packet Details Markup Language, an XML-based format for the details of a decoded packet. This information is equivalent to the packet details printed with the B<-V> flag. -B Packet Summary Markup Language, an XML-based format for the summary -information of a decoded packet. This information is equivalent to the -information shown in the one-line summary printed by default. - B PostScript for a human-readable one-line summary of each of the packets, or a multi-line view of the details of each of the packets, depending on whether the B<-V> flag was specified. +B Packet Summary Markup Language, an XML-based format for the summary +information of a decoded packet. This information is equivalent to the +information shown in the one-line summary printed by default. + B Text of a human-readable one-line summary of each of the packets, or a multi-line view of the details of each of the packets, depending on whether the B<-V> flag was specified. This is the default. -B The values of fields specified with the B<-e> option, in a -form specified by the B<-E> option. For example, +=item -u Eseconds typeE - -T fields -E separator=, -E quote=d +Specifies the seconds type. Valid choices are: -would generate comma-separated values (CSV) output suitable for importing -into your favorite spreadsheet program. +B for seconds +B for hours, minutes and seconds =item -v -- cgit v1.2.3