On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 04:02:39PM -0700, The Lung wrote:
> Is it possible to export the capture file to a txt file format using
> Ethereal?
"Text file format" doesn't say very much; it just says that the file
contains text. RFC 793, a recipe for Peach Melba, and the script of
"Ishtar" are all text. :-)
Ethereal can write a text file containing information similar to either
1) a list of the packets, with one line per packet, giving the
columns in the topmost pane of the Ethereal display
or
2) a list with, for each packet, a detailed breakdown of the
fields in the packet, similar to what is displayed in the
second pane of the Ethereal display.
The second display can also optionally include, as well, the raw packet
data, shown in a text form similar to what appears in the bottommost
pane of the Ethereal display.
As Joerg Mayer noted, Tethereal can do the same.
If you want some *other* text format, Ethereal can't do that, and...
> If Ethereal cannot do the export, do you know of a program that can?
...as I don't know what that format would be, I can't say what other
programs would do it, either.