Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Can ethereal generate the txt file directly?

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Li Haijiang wrote:

> Now I use the the ethereal to capture the packets by the command "Tethereal -a
> duration -w cfile",and then convert the captured file to text file by the command
> "Tethereal -r cfile >cfile.txt". But now I think it takes more time to generate
> the txt file,So I wonder ethereal can generate the text file directly?

Ethereal, or Tethereal?

You can do

	tethereal -a duration >cfile.txt

and get the summary lines for the capture written to "cfile.txt" as the 
capture is done.