.TH ovs\-tcpundump 1 "December 2010" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
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.SH NAME
ovs\-tcpundump \- convert ``tcpdump \-xx'' output to hex strings
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.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBovs\-tcpundump < \fIfile\fR
.so lib/common-syn.man
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBovs\-tcpundump\fR program reads \fBtcpdump \-xx\fR output on
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 \fBofproto/trace\fR command supported by
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR(8) and \fBovs-openflowd\fR(8).
.PP
At least two \fB\-x\fR or \fB\-X\fR options must be given, otherwise
the output will omit the Ethernet header, which prevents the output
from being using with \fBofproto/trace\fR.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
.so lib/common.man
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR ovs\-vswitchd (8),
.BR ovs\-openflowd (8),
.BR ovs\-pcap (1),
.BR tcpdump (8),
.BR wireshark (8).