Outputting a tshark command result to a window

Question

Let's say the tshark command for converting a pcap file to a Windows .txt file is:

tshark -n -r "C:\Users\L33604\Desktop\SplunkWireshark\WiresharkPacketLogMonitor\SynFlood Sample.pcap" > "C:\Users\L33604\Desktop\SplunkWireshark\WiresharkPacketLogMonitor\capfile.txt"

The output is shown in the .txt file but not on the Windows cmd console.

How do I change the above tshark command such that it shows the same output from the .txt file on the console?

Answer 1

0	type capfile.txt answered 01 May '12, 22:54 Kurt Knochner ♦ 24.8k●10●39●237 accept rate: 15%

Answer 2

Do you mean that you want to see the output in the command console and at the same time written to a file?

If so, with PowerShell (available by default in Win 7), you can use the Tee-Object cmdlet to do that:

tshark "your tshark parameters" | Tee-Object "your text file"

Note that the text file will be in Unicode format but your Java programs should be able to handle that.

Answer 3

Your command is redirecting the tshark stdout to capfile.txt. If you removed the redirection, the output would print only to the console (as you require). That is, enter this:

tshark -n -r "C:\Users\L33604\Desktop\SplunkWireshark\WiresharkPacketLogMonitor\SynFlood Sample.pcap"