# NAME

captype - Prints the types of capture files

# SYNOPSIS

captype <infile> ...

# DESCRIPTION

Captype is a program that opens one or more capture files and prints the capture file type of each <infile>.

Captype is able to detect and read the same capture files that are supported by Wireshark. The input files don't need a specific filename extension; the file format and an optional gzip compression will be automatically detected. Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html is a detailed description of the way Wireshark handles this, which is the same way Captype handles this.

# SEE ALSO

pcap(3), wireshark(1), mergecap(1), editcap(1), tshark(1), dumpcap(1), capinfos(1), pcap-filter(7) or tcpdump(8)

# NOTES

Captype is part of the Wireshark distribution. The latest version of Wireshark can be found at https://www.wireshark.org.

HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages.

# AUTHORS

    Original Author
    -------- ------
    Ian Schorr           <ian[AT]ianschorr.com>

    Contributors
    ------------
    Gerald Combs         <gerald[AT]wireshark.org>
    Jim Young            <jyoung[AT]gsu.edu>