- Capture packets from a particular interface eth0
tcpdump -i eth0
- Capture only 100 packets
tcpdump -c 100
- Display captured packets in ASCII
tcpdump -A
- Display captured packets in HEX and ASCII
tcpdump -XX
- Capture packet data, writing it into into a file
tcpdump -w saved.pcap
- Read back saved packet data from a file
tcpdump -r saved.pcap
- Capture only packets longer/smaller than 1024 bytes tcpdump greater 1024
tcpdump less 1024
- Capture only ICMP, UDP or TCP packets
tcpdump ip proto \\icmp
tcpdump udp (tcpdump ip proto \\udp)
tcpdump tcp
- Capture only packets going to/from a particular port
tcpdump port 22
- Capture packets for a particular destination IP and port
tcpdump dst 54.165.81.189 and port 6666
- Capture web trafic
tcpdump -n -s 65535 -A -p port 80