Manual: pppdump

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NAME
       pppdump - convert PPP record file to readable format

SYNOPSIS
       pppdump [ -h | -p [ -d ]] [ -r ] [ -a ] [ -m mru ] [ file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION
       The  pppdump utility converts the files written using the record option of pppd into a human-readable format.  If one
       or more filenames are specified, pppdump will read each in turn; otherwise it will read its standard input.  In	each
       case the result is written to standard output.

       The options are as follows:

       -h     Prints the bytes sent and received in hexadecimal.  If neither this option nor the -p option is specified, the
	      bytes  are  printed as the characters themselves, with non-printing and non-ASCII characters printed as escape
	      sequences.

       -p     Collects the bytes sent and received into PPP packets, interpreting the async HDLC framing and escape  charac‐
	      ters and checking the FCS (frame check sequence) of each packet.	The packets are printed as hex values and as
	      characters (non-printable characters are printed as `.').

       -d     With  the -p option, this option causes pppdump to decompress packets which have been compressed with the BSD-
	      Compress or Deflate methods.

       -r     Reverses the direction indicators, so that `sent' is printed for bytes or	 packets  received,  and  `rcvd'  is
	      printed for bytes or packets sent.

       -a     Prints absolute times.

       -m mru Use  mru	as  the MRU (maximum receive unit) for both directions of the link when checking for over-length PPP
	      packets (with the -p option).

SEE ALSO
       pppd(8)

							1 April 1999						  PPPDUMP(8)