On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 03:03:49PM +0200, Wasim Bari wrote:
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> I just converted 1.5 Gbyte file to XML and it took about 13 minutes. And
> the size of output xml file was 72 Gbyte which is very strange for me. Am
> I doing something wrong or is it normal behaviour ?
Yes it is. Well, at least the increase in filesize is. Imagine the ip
source address. It takes up 4 bytes in the actual packet, but in text it
is already 7-15 bytes long (1.1.1.1 and 111.111.111.111). Add to that
the XML tags and you can imagine that the file blows up quite quickly...
> Secondly can get output in text mode with full details ? (I saw text
> option but it only gives me summary)
Try 'tshark -V'
('tshark -h' and 'man tshark' are your friends :-))
Cheers,
Sake
