ovs-pcap(1)

ovs-pcap1

Print packets from a pcap file as hex

Usage

ovs-pcap file

Overview

The ovs-pcap program reads the pcap file named on the command line and prints each packet's contents as a sequence of hex digits on a line of its own. This format is suitable for use with the ofproto/trace command supported by ovs-vswitchd(8).

Options

-h
--help

Prints a brief help message to the console.

-V
--version

Prints version information to the console.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 13
  8. Arch

From openvswitch 4.0.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.