BNPCAP(1)

📦 version 1.99.7.2.1, in debian trixie, ubuntu stonking

💖 BNPCAP(1) — the bnpcap manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the manual page for bnpcap, from section 1 of the BNETD Developers's Manual. yes it's a real tool and yes it's lowkey iconic. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

bnpcap — that's it, that's the name, she's simple, she's chic 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bnpcap [-d] [-v] <pcap-filename>

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so bnpcap is a little utility that decodes packet dumps from tcpdump and turns them into a format that a developer can actually read. it's giving translator, it's giving "let me make this make sense for you" 😌✨

like, raw packet dumps are a whole mess and this thing just makes them make sense. no cap.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h — prints the usage info and then dips. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 👑
  • -d — spits out debugging information. use it when you wanna see what's going on under the hood 🕵️‍♀️
  • -v — be more verbose. turn the volume up on the output, basically 🔊
⚠️ okay this part is important, bestie: you have to generate the dumps with tcpdump like this, or bnpcap literally cannot help you: text tcpdump -i <your_interface> -s 2000 -w <pcap-filename> like. that's not a suggestion. that's the whole prerequisite. -s 2000 and everything. do not skip it 🫠

🧚 NOTES 🧚

the current version is available with the bnetd distribution at:

http://www.bnetd.org/

go get it, she's right there 🌈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the friend group. the squad. the ones who get it. iykyk 🍓

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Marco Ziech (mz@gmx.net) — the mastermind, the moment, the main character of this manpage 💖

this has been the BNPCAP(1) page from the BNETD manual, dated 07 July, 2001. yeah she's vintage, she's a classic, and she still slays. periodt. 💅✨

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