capfiledump

Reference Documentation

Platform
Intel® PAC
Napatech SmartNIC
Content Type
Reference Information
Capture Software Version
Link™ Capture Software 12.10
Napatech Software Suite: capfiledump
capfiledump

capfiledump

The capfiledump tool is used to dump a 3GD capture file in human readable format.

Syntax

capfiledump -f <file> [--help]

Commands
Command Description
--help, -h Show help text and exit
-f <file>,
--input <file>
Specify the input file

Output Example

  • Below is the output from running capfiledump on a cap file generated by capturing one udp packet with dynamic descriptor 2:
    capfiledump (v. 3.7.0.0-caffe)
    ==============================================================================
    Input file detected as 3GD capture file.
    Packet offset in file: 0x0000000000000080
    Dynamic descriptor format 2
    caplength       : 150
    offset0         : 14
    offset1         : 34
    ipProtocol      : 17
    rxPort          : 1
    descrFormat     : 2
    descrLength     : 22
    tsColor         : 1
    ntDynDescr      : 1
    timestamp       :  213FFF6AC03E913
    offset2         : 42
    color           : 0x5C28000
    
    00000000 96 80 03 22 44 04 02 D6 13 E9 03 AC F6 FF 13 02
    00000010 2A 00 00 0A 17 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00000020 00 00 08 00 45 00 00 6E 00 00 40 00 0A 11 70 80
    00000030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5A FF 3A
    00000040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00000070 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00000080 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00000090 00 00 3A 4F AB BF
    ---------------------------------------------------------
    File size: 0x116 (278) offset: 0x807C (32892)
    Done. 1 packets dumped.

Examples

  • Dump packets in file "src.cap"
    capfiledump -f src.cap