Saving captured packets to a file
Perform this task to capture incoming packets on an interface and save the captured packets to a file. To display the captured packets, use the packet-capture read command. To stop the capture while it is capturing packets, press Ctrl+C. There might be a delay for the capture to stop because of heavy traffic.
To save the captured packets to a file:
Task | Command | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
Save the captured packets to a file. | packet-capture interface interface-type interface-number [ capture-filter capt-expression | limit-captured-frames limit | limit-frame-size bytes | autostop filesize kilobytes | autostop duration seconds | autostop files numbers | capture-ring-buffer filesize kilobytes | capture-ring-buffer duration seconds | capture-ring-buffer files numbers ] * write filepath [ raw | { brief | verbose } ] * | After this command is executed, you cannot configure other commands from the CLI until the capture completes capturing packets or it is stopped. |