Wireshark · Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 12500] New: capinfos: mixed decimal marks in table output

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Bug ID	12500
Summary	capinfos: mixed decimal marks in table output
Product	Wireshark
Version	Git
Hardware	x86
OS	Debian
Status	UNCONFIRMED
Severity	Enhancement
Priority	Low
Component	Extras
Assignee	bugzilla-admin@wireshark.org
Reporter	franky.meier.1@gmx.de

Build Information:
Gitrevision 74484c6ebf961769f8f44d8b95ebeb7532f47a93
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capinfos:
* table format: -T
* comma as field seperator: -m 
* machine readable units: -M
* print timestamps and average data rate

When called with a german locale capinfos uses a dot as decimal mark for
timestamps but a comma for data bit rate:

$ LANG=C          ./capinfos 2009-m57.00.pcap -m -M -S -a -e -i -T
File name,Start time,End time,Data bit rate (bits/sec)
2009-m57.00.pcap,1258531203.914398,1258568304.881020,5227.22
$ LANG=de_DE.utf8 ./capinfos 2009-m57.00.pcap -m -M -S -a -e -i -T
File name,Start time,End time,Data bit rate (bits/sec)
2009-m57.00.pcap,1258531203.914398,1258568304.881020,5227,22

I see two problems:

1) The field separator can occur inside a field. I would at least update the
manpage to warn the user to use quoted output or a different field separator.

2) Parsing the output with different decimal marks causes extra work. Either
localize all fields or none.

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