Note that the "-T" flag doesn't cause "editcap" to translate link-layer

headers, it just causes it to force the encapsulation type of the output
file to the specified type.

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If the B<-T> flag, the encapsulation type of the output capture file
will be forced to the specified type, rather than being the type
appropriate to the encapsulation type of the input capture file.
appropriate to the encapsulation type of the input capture file. Note
that this merely forces the encapsulation type of the output file to be
the specified type; the packet headers of the packets will not be
translated from the encapsulation type of the input capture file to the
specified encapsulation type (for example, it will not translate an
Ethernet capture to an FDDI capture if an Ethernet capture is read and
'B<-T fddi>' is specified).
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