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Add more "-v" detail to tcpdump(1) for GH #380. [skip ci]
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Capture what Guy has figured out so far.
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infrastation committed Sep 15, 2020
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.\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.\"
.TH TCPDUMP 1 "29 Aug 2020"
.TH TCPDUMP 1 "15 September 2020"
.SH NAME
tcpdump \- dump traffic on a network
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B \-w
option and at the same time not reading from a file with the
.B \-r
option, report, once per second, the number of packets captured.
option, report to stderr, once per second, the number of packets captured. In
Solaris, FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems this periodic update
currently can cause loss of captured packets on their way from the kernel to
tcpdump.
.TP
.B \-vv
Even more verbose output.
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