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=head1 NAME

captype - Prints the types of capture files

=head1 SYNOPSIS

B<captype>
E<lt>I<infile>E<gt>
I<...>

=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<Captype> is a program that opens one or more capture files and
prints the capture file type of each E<lt>I<infile>E<gt>.

B<Captype> is able to detect and read the same capture files that are
supported by B<Wireshark>.
The input files don't need a specific filename extension; the file
format and an optional gzip, zstd or lz4 compression will be automatically detected.
Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or
L<https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html>
is a detailed description of the way B<Wireshark> handles this, which is
the same way B<Captype> handles this.

=head1 SEE ALSO

pcap(3), wireshark(1), mergecap(1), editcap(1), tshark(1),
dumpcap(1), capinfos(1), pcap-filter(7) or tcpdump(8)

=head1 NOTES

B<Captype> is part of the B<Wireshark> distribution.  The latest version
of B<Wireshark> can be found at L<https://www.wireshark.org>.

HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
L<https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.

=head1 AUTHORS

  Original Author
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  Ian Schorr           <ian[AT]ianschorr.com>


  Contributors
  ------------
  Gerald Combs         <gerald[AT]wireshark.org>
  Jim Young            <jyoung[AT]gsu.edu>
