Re: what is the flag -c mean

[Hannes Gredler <hannes () juniper net>]

the -c flag (c = count) means that capturing is stopped after <n> packets ... /hannes


Lan Qing wrote:
> hello,
> I'm of tcpdump,and i got the fllowing words while i'm reading the tcpdump
> man page
> "   Tcpdump  will,  if not run with the -c flag, continue capturing packets
> until it is interrupted by a SIGINT signal  or a SIGTERM sig-nal ; if run
> with the  -c flag,  it  will  capture packets until it is interrupted by a
> SIGINT or SIGTERM signal or the specified number of packets have been
> processed."
> it says a lot about -c flag,but it seems like -c flag will not work here(it
> is the same using it or not using it). Can someone explan that for me.
> thank you for any help.
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