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author | Chris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM> | 2013-12-11 16:52:40 +0000 |
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committer | Chris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM> | 2013-12-11 16:52:40 +0000 |
commit | 4c19d29b7ca86d666b5168e0612c6b3374bb8d1b (patch) | |
tree | 8b41521c43eb5dd7d7d0f7210b5e396ad1e4eee2 /doc/tshark.pod | |
parent | 1bd68e7adb077868caa39fd7bd25116511119b63 (diff) |
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
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/tshark.pod | 34 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 13 deletions
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> E<lt>Read filterE<gt> ]> S<[ B<-s> E<lt>capture snaplenE<gt> ]> S<[ B<-S> E<lt>separatorE<gt> ]> 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> E<lt>seconds typeE<gt>]> S<[ B<-v> ]> S<[ B<-V> ]> S<[ B<-w> E<lt>outfileE<gt>|- ]> @@ -560,6 +561,8 @@ are turned on. The argument is a string that may contain the letters: +B<C> to enable concurrent (asynchronous) DNS lookups + B<m> to enable MAC address resolution B<n> to enable network address resolution @@ -569,8 +572,6 @@ resolution B<t> to enable transport-layer port number resolution -B<C> to enable concurrent (asynchronous) DNS lookups - =item -o E<lt>preferenceE<gt>:E<lt>valueE<gt> 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<fields> 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<pdml> 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<psml> 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<ps> 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<psml> 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> 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<fields> The values of fields specified with the B<-e> option, in a -form specified by the B<-E> option. For example, +=item -u E<lt>seconds typeE<gt> - -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<s> for seconds +B<hms> for hours, minutes and seconds =item -v |