TERMSHARK(1)

💖 TERMSHARK(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to termshark — the manual page, but make it cute. yes it's a TERMSHARK(1) page, section 1, user commands, and yes I'm about to make packet analysis feel like a group chat. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

termshark — a wireshark-inspired terminal user interface for tshark 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

termshark [options] [FilterOrFile]

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

So basically: termshark is a wireshark-inspired terminal user interface for tshark. That's the whole vibe. You get to analyze network traffic interactively from your terminal — no GUI, no drama, just you, your cursor and a whole lot of packets. 💅

If you want the tea, the lore, the full story, it's all over here: https://github.com/gcla/termshark ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -i=interface — the interface you wanna read from. pick your fave. 🌈
• -r=file — a pcap file to read. yes, the file. that one. 📁
• -d=layer_type==selector,decode-as protocol — specify dissection of layer type. lowkey giving "tell me what this actually is" energy. 🧚
• -Y=displaY_filter — apply a display filter. capital Y bestie, don't forget. 🔍
• -f=capture_filter — apply a capture filter. different filter, different job, same icon behaviour. 🎀
• --pass-thru=[yes|no|auto|true|false] — run tshark instead. (auto => if stdout is not a tty). default: auto. so if you're piping stuff, it'll just hand the whole thing over to tshark — iykyk. 🔥
• --log-tty=[yes|no|true|false] — log to the terminal.. default: false. (yes there are two dots in the original, I'm not fixing it, it's iconic.) 💀
• -h, --help — show this help message. it's giving helpful. 🫶
• -v, --version — show version information. 🌟

⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

FilterOrFile

Filter (capture for iface, display for pcap), or pcap file to read.

so like — if you're going through an interface, that argument is a capture filter. if you're reading a pcap, it's a display filter. or it's just a pcap file. one slot, three moods. main character energy fr fr. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• tshark(1)

real talk: everything above is exactly what the page says, I just said it with my whole chest. 💖

and that's the page!! April 2019, TERMSHARK(1), that's the date and that's the section, mwah 💋 — go capture some packets bestie, you're gonna slay 🎀✨🦋