NAME

rwpcut - Outputs a tcpdump dump file as ASCII

SYNOPSIS

  rwpcut [--columnar]
         [--delimiter=DELIMITER]
         [--epoch-time]
         [--fields=PRINT_FIELDS]
         [--integer-ips]
         [--zero-pad-ips]
         FILE...

DESCRIPTION

rwpcut outputs tcpdump files in an easy to parse way. It supports a user-defined list of fields to output and a user-defined delimiter between columns.

OPTIONS

Option names may be abbreviated if the abbreviation is unique or is an exact match for an option.

OUTPUT SWITCHES

--columnar

Pad each field with whitespace so that it always takes up the same number of columns. The two payload printing fields, payhex and payascii, never pad with whitespace.

--delimiter=DELIMITER

DELIMITER is used as the delimiter between columns instead of the default '|'.

--epoch-time

Display the timestamp as epoch time seconds instead of a formatted timestamp.

--fields=PRINT_FIELDS

PRINT_FIELDS is a comma-separated list of fields to include in the output. The available fields are:

timestamp - packet timestamp sip - source IP address. dip - destination IP address sport - source port dport - destination port proto - IP protocol payhex - Payload printed as a hex stream payascii - Payload printed as an ascii stream. Non-printing characters are represented with periods.

--integer-ips

Display IP addresses as integers instead of in dotted quad notation.

--zero-pad-ips

Pad dotted quad notation IP addresses so that each quad occupies three columns.

EXAMPLES

In the following examples, the dollar sign ("$") represents the shell prompt. The text after the dollar sign represents the command line.

 $ rwpcut --fields=sip,dip,sport,dport,proto --columnar data.dmp
                sip|            dip|sport|dport|proto|
    220.245.221.126|  192.168.1.100|21776| 6882|    6|
    220.245.221.126|  192.168.1.100|21776| 6882|    6|
 $ rwpcut --fields=timestamp,payhex data.dmp

(Carriage returns mid-payload added for legibility)

    timestamp|payhex|
    2005-04-20 04:28:59.091470|4500003cd85840003206f3e2dcf5dd7
    ec0a8016455101ae2811b6bce00000000a002ffff59990000020405ac0
    10303000101080a524dc5cc00000000|
    2005-04-20 04:29:02.057390|4500003cd88c40003206f3aedcf5dd7
    ec0a8016455101ae2811b6bce00000000a002ffff59930000020405ac0
    10303000101080a524dc5d200000000|

SEE ALSO

rwptoflow(1), silk(7)

BUGS

Note that payhex and payascii do not whitespace pad themselves if --columnar is used.

The payascii field does not escape the delimiter character in any way, so care should be taken when parsing it.