TCPXTRACT(1)

💖 TCPXTRACT 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the tcpxtract page — manual section 1, user commands, iykyk 💅

tcpxtract — extract files from captured network packets 🦋

like... it goes through your packet captures and pulls actual files out of them. main character energy fr fr.

tcpxtract [OPTIONS] [[-d <DEVICE>] [-f <FILE>]]

that's it, that's the whole vibe. options first, then you pick your source: a device, a file, or both in brackets like the original says. 🎀

--file, -f <FILE> — use this to specify an input capture file instead of a device. like, you already have the pcap sitting there? point at it. 📁
--device, -d <DEVICE> — use this to specify an input device (i.e. eth0). live capture hours, we're listening straight off the wire. 🔥
--config, -c <FILE> — use FILE as the config file. your settings, your rules, no cap. ⚙️
--output, -o <DIRECTORY> — dump files to DIRECTORY instead of current directory. bc letting everything explode into your cwd is giving chaos 💀
--version, -v — display the version number of this program. short, sweet, iconic. ⭐
--help, -h — display this lovely screen. and yes, it is lovely, thank you for noticing 🫶

ngl bestie, that's genuinely every single option on this page. no secret flags hiding, no deleted lore. we keep it 💯

so anyway — this was tcpxtract v1.0.1, dated October 2005, living in section 1 of the manual like the little legend it is. mwah 💋 periodt. 🎀✨

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