ovs-tcpundump - convert "tcpdump -xx" output to hex strings
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Copyright
2016-2024, The Open vSwitch Development Community
3.5 Mar 04, 2025 OVS-TCPUNDUMP(1)
Name
ovs-tcpundump - convert "tcpdump -xx" output to hex strings
Options
• -h or --help
Prints a brief help message to the console.
• -V or --version
Prints version information to the console.
See Also
ovs-appctl(8), ovs-vswitchd(8), ovs-pcap(1), tcpdump(8), wireshark(8).
Synopsis
ovs-tcpundump<<file>ovs-tcpundump-h|--helpovs-tcpundump-V|--version
The ovs-tcpundump program reads tcpdump-xxoutput from stdin, looking for hexadecimal packet data, and
dumps each Ethernet as a single hexadecimal string on stdout. This format is suitable for use with the
ofproto/trace command supported by ovs-vswitchd(8) via ovs-appctl(8).
At least two -x or -X options must be given, otherwise the output will omit the Ethernet header, which
prevents the output from being used with ofproto/trace.
