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#  ovs-tcpundump(1) — Linux manual page

NAME  |  SYNOPSIS  |  OPTIONS  |  SEE ALSO  |  AUTHOR  |  COPYRIGHT  |  COLOPHON   
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    _OVS-TCPUNDUMP_(1)              Open vSwitch              _OVS-TCPUNDUMP_(1)
    

##  NAME  top

    
    
           ovs-tcpundump - convert "tcpdump -xx" output to hex strings
    

##  SYNOPSIS  top

    
    
           **ovs-tcpundump < <file>**
    
           **ovs-tcpundump -h | --help**
    
           **ovs-tcpundump -V | --version**
    
           The **ovs-tcpundump** program reads **tcpdump -xx output** 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)](../man8/ovs-vswitchd.8.html)
           via [ovs-appctl(8)](../man8/ovs-appctl.8.html).
    
           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**.
    

##  OPTIONS  top

    
    
           â¢ **-h** or **--help**
    
             Prints a brief help message to the console.
    
           â¢ **-V** or **--version**
    
             Prints version information to the console.
    

##  SEE ALSO  top

    
    
           [ovs-appctl(8)](../man8/ovs-appctl.8.html), [ovs-vswitchd(8)](../man8/ovs-vswitchd.8.html), [ovs-pcap(1)](../man1/ovs-pcap.1.html), [tcpdump(8)](../man8/tcpdump.8.html),
           **wireshark**(8).
    

##  AUTHOR  top

    
    
           The Open vSwitch Development Community
    

##  COPYRIGHT  top

    
    
           2016-2021, The Open vSwitch Development Community
    

##  COLOPHON  top

    
    
           This page is part of the _Open vSwitch_ (a distributed virtual
           multilayer switch) project.  Information about the project can be
           found at â¨<http://openvswitch.org/>â©.  If you have a bug report for
           this manual page, send it to bugs@openvswitch.org.  This page was
           obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
           â¨<https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs.git>â© on 2023-12-22.  (At that
           time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in the
           repository was 2023-12-21.)  If you discover any rendering
           problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there
           is a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or you have
           corrections or improvements to the information in this COLOPHON
           (which is _not_ part of the original manual page), send a mail to
           man-pages@man7.org
    
    3.2.90                        Dec 22, 2023              _OVS-TCPUNDUMP_(1)
    

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Pages that refer to this page: [ ovs-pcap(1) ](../man1/ovs-pcap.1.html) , [
ovs-tcpdump(8) ](../man8/ovs-tcpdump.8.html) , [ ovs-vswitchd(8)
](../man8/ovs-vswitchd.8.html)

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