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authorPeter Wu <peter@lekensteyn.nl>2019-04-20 13:14:21 +0100
committerAnders Broman <a.broman58@gmail.com>2019-04-21 07:32:54 +0000
commit6c04a872daec508e128ac51776f2b51f5ddfcd2a (patch)
treeb4bd9e192145c36c344d1b0d2cfe1fad3f9ad2b1 /doc
parentc9ca78fc2bb96923828a57c47f8840d7bb3bc1dc (diff)
wireshark-filter: clarifications and update links in manual
Clarify *display* filter, add link to User's Guide, and update to https. Change-Id: I9a2152213cf5b4cb3daf15e62c73074524d92f94 Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/32912 Petri-Dish: Anders Broman <a.broman58@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Alexis La Goutte <alexis.lagoutte@gmail.com> Tested-by: Petri Dish Buildbot Reviewed-by: Anders Broman <a.broman58@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/wireshark-filter.pod b/doc/wireshark-filter.pod
index b3d7d2cc04..7795b42e16 100644
--- a/doc/wireshark-filter.pod
+++ b/doc/wireshark-filter.pod
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
=head1 NAME
-wireshark-filter - Wireshark filter syntax and reference
+wireshark-filter - Wireshark display filter syntax and reference
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<wireshark> [other options]
-S<[ B<-R> "filter expression" ]>
+S<[ B<-Y> "display filter expression" ]>
B<tshark> [other options]
-S<[ B<-R> "filter expression" ]>
+S<[ B<-Y> "display filter expression" ]>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ You can force case sensitivity using
This is an example of PCRE's B<(?>optionB<)> construct. B<(?-i)> performs a
case-sensitive pattern match but other options can be specified as well. More
information can be found in the pcrepattern(3) man page at
-L<http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html>).
+L<https://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html>).
=head2 Functions
@@ -462,13 +462,16 @@ The latest version of B<Wireshark> can be found at
L<https://www.wireshark.org>.
Regular expressions in the "matches" operator are provided by GRegex in GLib.
-See L<http://developer.gnome.org/glib/2.32/glib-regex-syntax.html> or L<http://www.pcre.org/> for more information.
+See L<https://developer.gnome.org/glib/2.32/glib-regex-syntax.html> or L<https://www.pcre.org/> for more information.
This manpage does not describe the capture filter syntax, which is
different. See the manual page of pcap-filter(7) or, if that doesn't exist,
tcpdump(8), or, if that doesn't exist, L<https://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureFilters>
for a description of capture filters.
+Display Filters are also described in the User's Guide:
+L<https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChWorkBuildDisplayFilterSection.html>
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
wireshark(1), tshark(1), editcap(1), pcap(3), pcap-filter(7) or tcpdump(8) if it