Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Tshark filter problems

[Michael Bann <mbann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Strange that it would work the other way for an older version. Oh well, 
works fine now. Thanks!

Sake Blok wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 04:19:54PM -0500, Michael Bann wrote:
>   
> > I run "tshark -f `cat /path/to/my_filter`" and I get the following error:
> > "tshark: Capture filters were specified both with "-f" and with 
> > additional command-line arguments"
> >     
>
> You need to put the filter in quotes so that the OS sees it as 
> one word:
>
> tshark -f "`cat /path/to/my_filter`"
>
> should do the trick. Just tried it myself:
>
> sablo@for-gods-sake ~
> $ cat filter
> host 10.31.103.64 or
> host 10.31.100.254
>
> sablo@for-gods-sake ~
> $ tshark -f `cat filter`
> tshark: Capture filters were specified both with "-f" and with additional command-line arguments
>
> sablo@for-gods-sake ~
> $ tshark -f "`cat filter`"
> Capturing on eth0
> 0 packets captured
>
> sablo@for-gods-sake ~
> $
>
>
> Hope this helps, cheers,
>
>
> Sake
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