SYNOPSIS
captype [ -h ] [ -v ] <infile> …
DESCRIPTION
Captype is a program that opens one or more capture files and prints the capture file type of each <infile>.
Captype is able to detect and read the same capture files that are supported by Wireshark. The input files don’t need a specific filename extension; the file format and an optional gzip, zstd or lz4 compression will be automatically detected. Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html is a detailed description of the way Wireshark handles this, which is the same way Captype handles this.
OPTIONS
- -h|--help
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Print the version number and options and exit.
- -v|--version
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Print the full version information and exit.
SEE ALSO
NOTES
Captype is part of the Wireshark distribution. The latest version of Wireshark can be found at https://www.wireshark.org.
HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages.
AUTHORS
Ian Schorr <ian[AT]ianschorr.com>
Gerald Combs <gerald[AT]wireshark.org>
Jim Young <jyoung[AT]gsu.edu>