the -A flag prints hex rather than ascii-only... i think the following patch is necessary.
-dean p.s. i submitted a bug/patch but it's been suggested that nobody monitors the sourceforge bug/patch thingers :) --- tcpdump-3.9.1/tcpdump.c 2005-07-05 14:09:05.000000000 -0700 +++ tcpdump-3.9.1.dg1/tcpdump.c 2005-07-05 14:31:21.694496592 -0700 @@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) break; case 'A': - ++xflag; ++Xflag; ++Aflag; break; - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://lists.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.