termshark
Terminal-based Wireshark interface
TLDR
Monitor default interface
SYNOPSIS
termshark [OPTIONS] [INTERFACE|FILE]
DESCRIPTION
termshark is a terminal-based user interface for tshark that provides a Wireshark-like experience in the terminal. It offers packet list, packet details, and packet bytes views with interactive navigation.
The interface supports keyboard navigation, display filtering, and stream reassembly similar to the graphical Wireshark.
PARAMETERS
-i INTERFACE
Capture on specified interface-r FILE
Read from pcap file-Y FILTER
Apply display filter-f FILTER
Apply capture filter
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Tab - Switch between views
/ - Filter packets
Enter - Expand/collapse details
q - Quit
CAVEATS
Requires tshark (Wireshark CLI) to be installed. Root privileges needed for live capture. Large capture files may be slow to load.
HISTORY
termshark was created by Graham Clark to bring Wireshark's interface paradigm to the terminal, enabling packet analysis over SSH or in environments without a GUI.
