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| author | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2020-05-06 16:36:45 -0700 |
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| committer | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2020-05-06 16:36:59 -0700 |
| commit | f025901fd26f452ea789bb11f3c37c2c84c53c07 (patch) | |
| tree | 851ed65c28a75ee9b722ba1f012e9c37e2436b2d /tcpdump.1.in | |
| parent | ea684418afcbbe7b45482919ee0bed96fa84fe53 (diff) | |
| download | tcpdump-f025901fd26f452ea789bb11f3c37c2c84c53c07.tar.gz | |
-i affects more than just capture.
Expand the description of the -i flag.
Diffstat (limited to 'tcpdump.1.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | tcpdump.1.in | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tcpdump.1.in b/tcpdump.1.in index 88006dc5..5373ac0e 100644 --- a/tcpdump.1.in +++ b/tcpdump.1.in @@ -405,10 +405,11 @@ Attempt to detect 802.11s draft mesh headers. .TP .BI \-\-interface= interface .PD -Listen on \fIinterface\fP. -If unspecified, \fItcpdump\fP searches the system interface list for the -lowest numbered, configured up interface (excluding loopback), which may turn -out to be, for example, ``eth0''. +Listen, report the list of link-layer types, report the list of time +stamp types, or report the results of compiling a filter expression on +\fIinterface\fP. If unspecified, \fItcpdump\fP searches the system +interface list for the lowest numbered, configured up interface +(excluding loopback), which may turn out to be, for example, ``eth0''. .IP On Linux systems with 2.2 or later kernels, an .I interface |