Edgar Pettijohn wrote: > The -i flag doesn't appear to do what the man page suggests. Correcting > the source is above my paygrade, but the man page isn't.
hmm? what do you think tcpdump does if -i isn't specified? > > Index: tcpdump.8 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump.8,v > retrieving revision 1.88 > diff -u -p -u -r1.88 tcpdump.8 > --- tcpdump.8 5 Nov 2015 09:56:21 -0000 1.88 > +++ tcpdump.8 10 Apr 2016 02:44:27 -0000 > @@ -121,13 +121,6 @@ Print the interface on each dump line. > .It Fl i Ar interface > Listen on > .Ar interface . > -If unspecified, > -.Nm > -searches the system interface list for the lowest numbered, configured > -.Dq up > -interface > -.Pq excluding loopback . > -Ties are broken by choosing the earliest match. > .It Fl L > List the supported data link types for the interface and exit. > .It Fl l >
