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Diffstat (limited to 'net/ngrep/DETAILS')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ngrep/DETAILS b/net/ngrep/DETAILS index 2ef3fa60ab..2b005e5fa4 100755 --- a/net/ngrep/DETAILS +++ b/net/ngrep/DETAILS @@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-${VERSION%-*} SHORT="ngrep is utility that can be used to analyze network packets." cat << EOF ngrep strives to provide most of GNU grep's common features, applying them to -the network layer. ngrep is a pcap-aware tool that will allow you to specify +the network layer. ngrep is a pcap-aware tool that will allow you to specify extended regular or hexadecimal expressions to match against data payloads of -packets. It currently recognizes TCP, UDP, and ICMP across Ethernet, PPP, SLIP,FDDI, Token Ring, and null interfaces, and understands bpf filter logic in the +packets. It currently recognizes TCP, UDP, and ICMP across Ethernet, PPP, +SLIP,FDDI, Token Ring, and null interfaces, and understands bpf filter logic +in the same fashion as more common packet sniffing tools, such as tcpdump and snoop. EOF |