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Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] Editcap Syntax Help Please

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From: "Keith A French" <keithfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:48:13 +0100
I am trying to use editcap to split up a large capture file into smaller chunks. The syntax I am trying is:-
 
editcap c:\test\source.cap -r 1-5000 c:\test\dest.cap
 
I am trying to send the first 5000 packets to the file dest.cap, but it does not work. Please can somone give me an example?
 
Keith French
 

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