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| author | David Perry <boolean263@protonmail.com> | 2022-02-11 01:54:53 +0000 |
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| committer | A Wireshark GitLab Utility <6629907-ws-gitlab-utility@users.noreply.gitlab.com> | 2022-02-11 01:54:53 +0000 |
| commit | fc3f061829aa4ba20589bd4caa802aee1756f083 (patch) | |
| tree | e14863c6dcdf8e8a21625e9d962e7033552c441a /doc/tshark.adoc | |
| parent | 4b8c280d68a5d3353a761f3b722d551ac80e6097 (diff) | |
Differentiate `-c` from `-a packets:`
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/tshark.adoc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tshark.adoc | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tshark.adoc b/doc/tshark.adoc index 63bcaa383d..10c75b5c1d 100644 --- a/doc/tshark.adoc +++ b/doc/tshark.adoc @@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ packet will be read, so more bytes than this number may be read). Note that the filesize is limited to a maximum value of 2 GiB. *packets*:__value__ switch to the next file after it contains __value__ -packets. Same as *-c*<capture packet count>. +packets. +This does not include any packets that do not pass the display filter, so it +may differ from *-c*<capture packet count>. -- -A <user>:<password>:: @@ -279,8 +281,10 @@ the default capture buffer size is used instead. + -- Set the maximum number of packets to read when capturing live -data. Same as *-a packets:*<capture packet count>. +data. If reading a capture file, set the maximum number of packets to read. +This includes any packets that do not pass the display filter, so it +may differ from *-a packets:*<capture packet count>. -- -C <configuration profile>:: |