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author | cmaynard <cmaynard@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2011-09-28 14:50:07 +0000 |
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committer | cmaynard <cmaynard@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2011-09-28 14:50:07 +0000 |
commit | 45917f48483f4bea911c8371a4df6862093cfedb (patch) | |
tree | fcc1ff697135d82295ec9d6bccdc6cd2c565927d /doc/tshark.pod | |
parent | 647c11d4d8e57498dd7aad4cab6fb653981fe867 (diff) |
Rather than complain and quit if -V is missing when -O <protocols> is used, do the user a favor and continue as if -V had been specified. Add explicit documentation of the -O <protocols> option to the man page.
git-svn-id: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk@39175 f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod index a520729416..8724f2c943 100644 --- a/doc/tshark.pod +++ b/doc/tshark.pod @@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ pane in B<Wireshark>), although if it's writing packets as it captures them, rather than writing packets from a saved capture file, it won't show the "frame number" field. If the B<-V> option is specified, it writes instead a view of the details of the packet, showing all the -fields of all protocols in the packet. If the B<-O> option is -specified in combination with B<-V>, it will only show the full -protocols specified. Use the output of "tshark -G protocols" to -find the abbreviations of the protocols you can specify. +fields of all protocols in the packet. If the B<-O> option is specified, +it will only show the full protocols specified. Use the output of +"B<tshark -G protocols>" to find the abbreviations of the protocols you can +specify. If you want to write the decoded form of packets to a file, run B<TShark> without the B<-w> option, and redirect its standard output to @@ -538,6 +538,13 @@ form I<prefname>B<:>I<value>, where I<prefname> is the name of the preference (which is the same name that would appear in the preference file), and I<value> is the value to which it should be set. +=item -O E<lt>protocolsE<gt> + +Similar to the B<-V> option, but causes B<TShark> to only show a detailed view +of the comma-separated list of I<protocols> specified, rather than a detailed +view of all protocols. Use the output of "B<tshark -G protocols>" to find the +abbreviations of the protocols you can specify. + =item -p I<Don't> put the interface into promiscuous mode. Note that the |