dumpcap Command Examples

A network traffic dump tool. More information: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/dumpcap.html.

• Display available interfaces:

dumpcap {{[-D|--list-interfaces]}}

• Capture packets on a specific interface:

dumpcap {{[-i|--interface]}} {{1}}

• Capture packets to a specific location:

dumpcap {{[-i|--interface]}} {{1}} -w {{path/to/output_file.pcapng}}

• Write to a ring buffer with a specific max file limit of a specific size:

dumpcap {{[-i|--interface]}} {{1}} -w {{path/to/output_file.pcapng}} {{[-b|--ring-buffer]}} filesize:{{500000}} {{[-b|--ring-buffer]}} files:{{10}}