/usr/share/doc/wireshark-doc/wsug_html_chunked/ChIOExportSection.html is in wireshark-doc 2.4.5-1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o644.
The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 | <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>5.7. Exporting data</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ws.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Wireshark User’s Guide"><link rel="up" href="ChapterIO.html" title="Chapter 5. File Input, Output, and Printing"><link rel="prev" href="ChIOFileSetSection.html" title="5.6. File Sets"><link rel="next" href="ChIOPrintSection.html" title="5.8. Printing packets"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">5.7. Exporting data</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ChIOFileSetSection.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 5. File Input, Output, and Printing</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ChIOPrintSection.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="ChIOExportSection"></a>5.7. Exporting data</h2></div></div></div><p>Wireshark provides several ways and formats to export packet data. This section
describes general ways to export data from the main Wireshark application. There
are more specialized functions to export specific data which are described
elsewhere.</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="ChIOExportPlainDialog"></a>5.7.1. The “Export as Plain Text File” dialog box</h3></div></div></div><p><a name="ChIOExportPlain"></a>Export packet data into a plain ASCII text file, much like the format used to print packets.</p><div class="tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Tip"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="wsug_graphics/tip.svg"></td><th align="left">Tip</th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>If you would like to be able to import any previously exported packets from a
plain text file it is recommended that you:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
Add the “Absolute date and time” column.
</li><li class="listitem">
Temporarily hide all other columns.
</li><li class="listitem">
Disable the <span class="guimenu">Edit</span> → <span class="guisubmenu">Preferences</span> → <span class="guisubmenu">Protocols</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Data</span> “Show not dissected data
on new Packet Bytes pane” preference. More details are provided in
<a class="xref" href="ChCustPreferencesSection.html" title="10.5. Preferences">Section 10.5, “Preferences”</a>
</li><li class="listitem">
Include the packet summary line.
</li><li class="listitem">
Exclude column headings.
</li><li class="listitem">
Exclude packet details.
</li><li class="listitem">
Include the packet bytes.
</li></ul></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="figure"><a name="idm4978"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.9. The “Export as Plain Text File” dialog box</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" style="cellpadding: 0; cellspacing: 0;" width="85%"><tr><td><img src="wsug_graphics/ws-export-plain.png" width="100%" alt="wsug_graphics/ws-export-plain.png"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
The “Export to file:” frame chooses the file to export the packet data to.
</li><li class="listitem">
The “Packet Range” frame is described in <a class="xref" href="ChIOPacketRangeSection.html" title="5.9. The “Packet Range” frame">Section 5.9, “The “Packet Range” frame”</a>.
</li><li class="listitem">
The “Packet Details” frame is described in <a class="xref" href="ChIOPacketFormatSection.html" title="5.10. The Packet Format frame">Section 5.10, “The Packet Format frame”</a>.
</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="ChIOExportPSDialog"></a>5.7.2. The “Export as PostScript File” dialog box</h3></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="idm4996"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.10. The "Export as PostScript File" dialog box</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" style="cellpadding: 0; cellspacing: 0;" width="85%"><tr><td><img src="wsug_graphics/ws-export-ps.png" width="100%" alt="wsug_graphics/ws-export-ps.png"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Export to file:</em></span> frame chooses the file to export the packet data to.
</li><li class="listitem">
The <span class="emphasis"><em>Packet Range</em></span> frame is described in <a class="xref" href="ChIOPacketRangeSection.html" title="5.9. The “Packet Range” frame">Section 5.9, “The “Packet Range” frame”</a>.
</li><li class="listitem">
The <span class="emphasis"><em>Packet Details</em></span> frame is described in <a class="xref" href="ChIOPacketFormatSection.html" title="5.10. The Packet Format frame">Section 5.10, “The Packet Format frame”</a>.
</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="ChIOExportCSVDialog"></a>5.7.3. The "Export as CSV (Comma Separated Values) File" dialog box</h3></div></div></div><p>Export packet summary into CSV, used e.g. by spreadsheet programs to im-/export data.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Export to file:</em></span> frame chooses the file to export the packet data to.
</li><li class="listitem">
The <span class="emphasis"><em>Packet Range</em></span> frame is described in <a class="xref" href="ChIOPacketRangeSection.html" title="5.9. The “Packet Range” frame">Section 5.9, “The “Packet Range” frame”</a>.
</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="ChIOExportCArraysDialog"></a>5.7.4. The "Export as C Arrays (packet bytes) file" dialog box</h3></div></div></div><p>Export packet bytes into C arrays so you can import the stream data into your own C program.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Export to file:</em></span> frame chooses the file to export the packet data to.
</li><li class="listitem">
The <span class="emphasis"><em>Packet Range</em></span> frame is described in <a class="xref" href="ChIOPacketRangeSection.html" title="5.9. The “Packet Range” frame">Section 5.9, “The “Packet Range” frame”</a>.
</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="ChIOExportPSMLDialog"></a>5.7.5. The "Export as PSML File" dialog box</h3></div></div></div><p>Export packet data into PSML. This is an XML based format including only the
packet summary. The PSML file specification is available at:
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.nbee.org/doku.php?id=netpdl:psml_specification" target="_top">http://www.nbee.org/doku.php?id=netpdl:psml_specification</a>.</p><div class="figure"><a name="idm5041"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.11. The "Export as PSML File" dialog box</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" style="cellpadding: 0; cellspacing: 0;" width="85%"><tr><td><img src="wsug_graphics/ws-export-psml.png" width="100%" alt="wsug_graphics/ws-export-psml.png"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Export to file:</em></span> frame chooses the file to export the packet data to.
</li><li class="listitem">
The <span class="emphasis"><em>Packet Range</em></span> frame is described in <a class="xref" href="ChIOPacketRangeSection.html" title="5.9. The “Packet Range” frame">Section 5.9, “The “Packet Range” frame”</a>.
</li></ul></div><p>There’s no such thing as a packet details frame for PSML export, as the packet
format is defined by the PSML specification.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="ChIOExportPDMLDialog"></a>5.7.6. The "Export as PDML File" dialog box</h3></div></div></div><p>Export packet data into PDML. This is an XML based format including the packet
details. The PDML file specification is available at:
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.nbee.org/doku.php?id=netpdl:pdml_specification" target="_top">http://www.nbee.org/doku.php?id=netpdl:pdml_specification</a>.</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="wsug_graphics/note.svg"></td><th align="left">Note</th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>The PDML specification is not officially released and Wireshark’s implementation
of it is still in an early beta state, so please expect changes in future
Wireshark versions.</p></td></tr></table></div><div class="figure"><a name="idm5063"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.12. The "Export as PDML File" dialog box</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" style="cellpadding: 0; cellspacing: 0;" width="85%"><tr><td><img src="wsug_graphics/ws-export-pdml.png" width="100%" alt="wsug_graphics/ws-export-pdml.png"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Export to file:</em></span> frame chooses the file to export the packet data to.
</li><li class="listitem">
The <span class="emphasis"><em>Packet Range</em></span> frame is described in <a class="xref" href="ChIOPacketRangeSection.html" title="5.9. The “Packet Range” frame">Section 5.9, “The “Packet Range” frame”</a>.
</li></ul></div><p>There’s no such thing as a packet details frame for PDML export, as the packet
format is defined by the PDML specification.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="ChIOExportSelectedDialog"></a>5.7.7. The "Export selected packet bytes" dialog box</h3></div></div></div><p>Export the bytes selected in the "Packet Bytes" pane into a raw binary file.</p><div class="figure"><a name="idm5082"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.13. The "Export Selected Packet Bytes" dialog box</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" style="cellpadding: 0; cellspacing: 0;" width="85%"><tr><td><img src="wsug_graphics/ws-export-selected.png" width="100%" alt="wsug_graphics/ws-export-selected.png"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Name:</em></span> the filename to export the packet data to.
</li><li class="listitem">
The <span class="emphasis"><em>Save in folder:</em></span> field lets you select the folder to save to (from some predefined folders).
</li><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Browse for other folders</em></span> provides a flexible way to choose a folder.
</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="ChIOExportObjectsDialog"></a>5.7.8. The "Export Objects" dialog box</h3></div></div></div><p>This feature scans through HTTP streams in the currently open capture file or
running capture and takes reassembled objects such as HTML documents, image
files, executables and anything else that can be transferred over HTTP and lets
you save them to disk. If you have a capture running, this list is automatically
updated every few seconds with any new objects seen. The saved objects can then
be opened with the proper viewer or executed in the case of executables (if it
is for the same platform you are running Wireshark on) without any further work
on your part. This feature is not available when using GTK2 versions below 2.4.</p><div class="figure"><a name="idm5102"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.14. The "Export Objects" dialog box</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" style="cellpadding: 0; cellspacing: 0;" width="85%"><tr><td><img src="wsug_graphics/ws-export-objects.png" width="100%" alt="wsug_graphics/ws-export-objects.png"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Packet num:</em></span> The packet number in which this object was found. In some
cases, there can be multiple objects in the same packet.
</li><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Hostname:</em></span> The hostname of the server that sent the object as a response to
an HTTP request.
</li><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Content Type:</em></span> The HTTP content type of this object.
</li><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Bytes:</em></span> The size of this object in bytes.
</li><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Filename:</em></span> The final part of the URI (after the last slash). This is
typically a filename, but may be a long complex looking string, which
typically indicates that the file was received in response to a HTTP POST
request.
</li><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Help:</em></span> Opens this section in the user’s guide.
</li><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Close:</em></span> Closes this dialog.
</li><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Save As:</em></span> Saves the currently selected object as a filename you specify. The
default filename to save as is taken from the filename column of the objects
list.
</li><li class="listitem">
<span class="emphasis"><em>Save All:</em></span> Saves all objects in the list using the filename from the
filename column. You will be asked what directory / folder to save them in.
If the filename is invalid for the operating system / file system you are
running Wireshark on, then an error will appear and that object will not be
saved (but all of the others will be).
</li></ul></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ChIOFileSetSection.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ChapterIO.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ChIOPrintSection.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">5.6. File Sets </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 5.8. Printing packets</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
|