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diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template index 25d1cb8a5a..685cfb4b68 100644 --- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template +++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ S<[ B<-g> E<lt>packet numberE<gt> ]> S<[ B<-h> ]> S<[ B<-H> ]> S<[ B<-i> E<lt>capture interfaceE<gt>|- ]> +S<[ B<-I> ]> S<[ B<-J> E<lt>jump filterE<gt> ]> S<[ B<-j> ]> S<[ B<-k> ]> @@ -252,6 +253,13 @@ This is available on UNIX systems with libpcap 1.0.0 or later and on Windows. It is not available on UNIX systems with earlier versions of libpcap. +This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first +occurrence of the B<-i> option, it sets the default capture buffer size. +If used after an B<-i> option, it sets the capture buffer size for +the interface specified by the last B<-i> option occurring before +this option. If the capture buffer size is not set specifically, +the default capture buffer size is used if provided. + =item -c E<lt>capture packet countE<gt> Set the maximum number of packets to read when capturing live @@ -290,6 +298,13 @@ under Windows. Set the capture filter expression. +This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first +occurrence of the B<-i> option, it sets the default capture filter expression. +If used after an B<-i> option, it sets the capture filter expression for +the interface specified by the last B<-i> option occurring before +this option. If the capture filter expression is not set specifically, +the default capture filter expression is used if provided. + =item -g E<lt>packet numberE<gt> After reading in a capture file using the B<-r> flag, go to the given I<packet number>. @@ -324,6 +339,27 @@ read data from the standard input. On Windows systems, pipe names must be of the form ``\\pipe\.\B<pipename>''. Data read from pipes must be in standard libpcap format. +This option can occur multiple times. When capturing from multiple +interfaces, the capture file will be saved in pcap-ng format. + +=item -I + +Put the interface in "monitor mode"; this is supported only on IEEE +802.11 Wi-Fi interfaces, and supported only on some operating systems. + +Note that in monitor mode the adapter might disassociate from the +network with which it's associated, so that you will not be able to use +any wireless networks with that adapter. This could prevent accessing +files on a network server, or resolving host names or network addresses, +if you are capturing in monitor mode and are not connected to another +network with another adapter. + +This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first +occurrence of the B<-i> option, it enables the monitor mode for all interfaces. +If used after an B<-i> option, it enables the monitor mode for +the interface specified by the last B<-i> option occurring before +this option. + =item -J E<lt>jump filterE<gt> After reading in a capture file using the B<-r> flag, jump to the packet @@ -423,6 +459,13 @@ traffic sent to or from the machine on which B<Wireshark> is running, broadcast traffic, and multicast traffic to addresses received by that machine. +This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first +occurrence of the B<-i> option, no interface will be put into the +promiscuous mode. +If used after an B<-i> option, the interface specified by the last B<-i> +option occurring before this option will not be put into the +promiscuous mode. + =item -P E<lt>path settingE<gt> Special path settings usually detected automatically. This is used for @@ -467,6 +510,13 @@ No more than I<snaplen> bytes of each network packet will be read into memory, or saved to disk. A value of 0 specifies a snapshot length of 65535, so that the full packet is captured; this is the default. +This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first +occurrence of the B<-i> option, it sets the default snapshot length. +If used after an B<-i> option, it sets the snapshot length for +the interface specified by the last B<-i> option occurring before +this option. If the snapshot length is not set specifically, +the default snapshot length is used if provided. + =item -t ad|a|r|d|dd|e Set the format of the packet timestamp displayed in the packet list @@ -505,6 +555,13 @@ If a capture is started from the command line with B<-k>, set the data link type to use while capturing packets. The values reported by B<-L> are the values that can be used. +This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first +occurrence of the B<-i> option, it sets the default capture link type. +If used after an B<-i> option, it sets the capture link type for +the interface specified by the last B<-i> option occurring before +this option. If the capture link type is not set specifically, +the default capture link type is used if provided. + =item -X E<lt>eXtension optionsE<gt> Specify an option to be passed to an B<Wireshark> module. The eXtension option |