["George P Nychis" <gnychis@xxxxxxx>]

man ethereal

you have all these options:
       ethereal [ -a capture autostop condition ] ...  [ -b cap-
       ture ring buffer option ] ...  [ -B capture buffer size (Win32 only) ]
       [ -c capture packet count ] [ -D ] [ -f capture filter ]
       [ -g packet number ] [ -h ] [ -i capture interface ] [ -k ] [ -l ]
       [ -L ] [ -m font ] [ -n ] [ -N name resolving flags ]  [ -o prefer-
       ence/recent setting ] ...  [ -p ] [ -Q ] [ -r infile ] [ -R read (dis-
       play) filter ] [ -S ] [ -s capture snaplen ] [ -t time stamp format ]
       [ -v ] [ -w savefile] [ -y capture link type ] [ -z statistics ]
       [ infile ]

If you want the same thing to happen every time you start ethereal, put something like this in your ~/.bashrc
alias ethereal="ethereal -R ______ -c _______ -s ______ $__"

That $__ is something about bash i cannot remember, look up BASH on google and find how to put all parameters passed there...  I only know like $1 is parameter 1, $2 is parameter 2... but there is a $___ that is all parameters together...

Hope this helps,
George

> Hi all
> 
> Is it possible to use automatically the same capture options after every 
> start of ethereal? Or have I every time to adjust the capture options if I
> want to make a measurement with no default options?
> 
> Thanks & best regards
> 
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