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NAME
       captype - Prints the types of capture files


SYNOPSIS
       captype [ -h ] [ -v ] <infile> ...


DESCRIPTION
       Captype is a program that opens one or more capture files and prints the capture file type
       of each <infile>.

       Captype is able to detect and read the same capture files that are supported by Wireshark.
       The input files don’t need a specific filename extension; the file format and an optional
       gzip, zstd or lz4 compression will be automatically detected. Near the beginning of the
       DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or
       https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html is a detailed description of the
       way Wireshark handles this, which is the same way Captype handles this.


OPTIONS
       -h|--help

           Print the version number and options and exit.

       -v|--version

           Print the full version information and exit.


SEE ALSO
       pcap(3), wireshark(1), mergecap(1), editcap(1), tshark(1), dumpcap(1), capinfos(1),
       pcap-filter(7) or tcpdump(8)


NOTES
       Captype is part of the Wireshark distribution. The latest version of Wireshark can be
       found at https://www.wireshark.org.

       HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at
       https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages.


AUTHORS
       Original Author
       Ian Schorr <ian[AT]ianschorr.com>

       Contributors
       Gerald Combs <gerald[AT]wireshark.org>
       Jim Young <jyoung[AT]gsu.edu>

                                            2022-03-04                                 CAPTYPE(1)