Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Does a filter expression allow searching with a string of bytes as decimal numbe

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, simply entering three digit decimal values in the Wireshark display filter shows that it’s not a valid byte string, so hex only.
I do agree that this type could be (more clearly) described in the Users Guide.

Jaap

> On 9 May 2020, at 17:12, Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Suppose you have a field in packet that has been inserted as a byte string, say:
> 
> some-proto.some-field =  0x21 0x32 0x81
> 
> Can I search on "some-proto.some-field == 33:50:129" or does the
> filter expression parser think those numbers between the colons are
> HEX digits?
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Richard Sharpe
> (何以解憂？唯有杜康。--曹操)(传说杜康是酒的发明者)