PPPDUMP(8)                                                                                                            PPPDUMP(8)



NAME
       pppdump - convert PPP record file to readable format

SYNOPSIS
       pppdump [ -h | -p [ -d ]] [ -r ] [ -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 characters
              and checking the FCS (frame check sequence) of each packet.  The packets are printed as hex values and as  charac-
              ters (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-Com-
              press 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.

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

SEE ALSO
       pppd(8)



                                                          1 April 1999                                                PPPDUMP(8)