URLSNARF(8)

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💅 URLSNARF — the manual page, but make it cute

okay bestie, listen. this is URLSNARF, section 8 of the System Manager's Manual, and it is literally the moment. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

urlsnarf — sniff HTTP requests in Common Log Format. that's it, that's the girl. she sniffs. she logs. she serves. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

urlsnarf [-n] [-i interface | -p pcapfile]  [[-v] pattern [expression]]

look at her. so compact. so iconic. 🌈

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so what urlsnarf actually does is: she outputs all requested URLs sniffed from HTTP traffic in CLF — that's Common Log Format, the format used by almost all web servers, no cap. 🫶

and why do we care? because CLF is suitable for offline post-processing with your favorite web log analysis tool. the manpage name-drops analog, wwwstat, etc. — so like, take your pick, bestie, she plays nice with all of them. 💖

it's giving "I capture the vibes and hand them off to whoever wants to analyze them." main character energy, fr fr. 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -n — do not resolve IP addresses to hostnames. she keeps the IPs raw, unbothered, un-resolved. 🙈
  • -i interface — specify the interface to listen on. tell her where to listen, she's not a mind reader. 👂
  • -p pcapfile — process packets from the specified PCAP capture file instead of the network. so instead of live-sniffing, she reads the file. offline era. 💅
  • -v — "Versus" mode. this inverts the sense of matching, so she selects the non-matching URLs instead. and yes, the original manpage also says "Specify the interface to listen on." right there in this entry — that line is genuinely in there, so here it is, preserved forever, we do not touch the artifacts. 🏺 (iykyk)
  • pattern — specify regular expression for URL matching. regex girlies rise. 🧚
  • expression — specify a tcpdump(8) filter expression to select traffic to sniff. you hand her a filter, she sniffs what you asked for. periodt. ⭐

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Dug Song <dugsong@monkey.org> — the originator, the blueprint, the whole entire legend. 💜

and that's the page, bestie!! this was URLSNARF(8) from the System Manager's Manual — go forth, sniff responsibly, and remember: every requested URL deserves to be logged in CLF. slay. 🎀✨🦋🔥

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