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Subject: Re: help with tcpdump cmd syntax
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"fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> wrote:

> I tried=20
>    tcpdump -i rl0 src host 218.166.163.180 -w /usr/tcpdump.data
>    tcpdump -i rl0 host 218.166.163.180 -w /usr/tcpdump.data
>    tcpdump -i rl0 src ip 218.166.163.180 -w /usr/tcpdump.data =20
>=20
> but got syntax error msg with no hint of what was wrong
>=20
> If I remove the -w stuff it works. Meaning it prints to the screen.
> But I want to write to file
>=20
> Can you help me out here on the syntax error?

According to the man page the expression comes last.

Fabian
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http://www.fabiankeil.de/

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