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.Dd March 3, 2012
.Dt PMERGE 1
.Os "network reverse engineering tools"
.Sh NAME
.Nm pmerge
.Nd merge multiple PCAP files in timeline order
.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm pmerge
.Op Fl h | Fl v
.Nm pmerge
.Op Fl o Ar Pa output.pcap
.Pa input.pcap
.Op Ar
.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The basic concept for this utility is to merge multiple PCAP files while
maintaining timeline order.
.
.Sh USAGE
As a filter
.D1 Nm pmerge Pa one.pcap Pa two.pcap Li > Pa merged.pcap
.Pp
In simple command form
.D1 Nm pmerge Fl o Pa merged.pcap Pa one.pcap Pa two.pcap
.
.Sh OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by
.Nm pmerge
is included below.
.
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl h
usage information
.It Fl v
the program's version
.It Fl o Ar output.pcap
sets the output filename to
.Pa output.pcap .
If this option flag is not specified,
.Ev stdout
is used to output the merged PCAP
.It Pa input.pcap
At least one input file argument is required.
.It Ar
additional input files may be specified
.El
.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr p4split 1 ,
.Xr puniq 1
.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Zephyr Aq Ad zephyr@dirtbags.net ,
.An pi-rho Aq Ad pi-rho@tyr.cx