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tcpreplay


Information about the package, tcpreplay, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tcpreplay package is designed for, Replay captured network traffic.


Package Name:

tcpreplay

Summary:

Replay captured network traffic

Description:

Tcpreplay is a tool to replay captured network traffic. Currently, tcpreplay supports pcap (tcpdump) and snoop capture formats. Also included, is tcpprep a tool to pre-process capture files to allow increased performance under certain conditions as well as capinfo which provides basic information about capture files.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

4.2.5

Release:

1.el6

Size:

288 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3



Handy Yum Commands for tcpreplay


Control the tcpreplay package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install tcpreplay

This command will install tcpreplay on the server.

yum remove tcpreplay

This command will un-install tcpreplay on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcpreplay, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove tcpreplay

This command will un-install tcpreplay on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tcpreplay when using the -y flag.

yum update tcpreplay

This command will update tcpreplay to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcpreplay, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update tcpreplay

This command will update tcpreplay to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tcpreplay when using the -y flag.

yum info tcpreplay

This command will show you core information about the tcpreplay package.

yum deplist tcpreplay

This command will show you the dependencies for tcpreplay. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update tcpreplay

This command will check if there is an update waiting on tcpreplay. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.