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Hi peeps!!
i need someone expertise to help me

I am trying to read a pcap file with a program im making but im having problems
If anyone has an idea how can i start, i already have the file i need the program to read, im just having problems trying to read it

(Apr-26-2019, 03:41 AM)Variables Wrote: [ -> ]I am trying to read a pcap file with a program im making but im having problems

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Okay Guys!

Im new here so im a bit lost, i dont know much about python, im learning
Im doing this program which im trying to make it read a PCAP file(test1.pcap).

When i try to print the output, nothing appears. Can someone help

Thanks

import dpkt

f = open('test1.pcap')
pcap = dpkt.pcap.Reader(f)
f.close()

well, there is no print in your code...

did you read the tutorial from the docs: https://jon.oberheide.org/blog/2008/10/1...pcap-file/
it looks pretty outdated, but should help you start and improve from there

When i insert print, <dpkt.pcap.Reader object at 0x0000000003870EF0> this happens
The idea of this program is to see how many packets i have, I just want to print the whole file

it's a Reader object
you can iterate over it and print each packet as shown in the tutorial
or you can use Reader.readpkts() method to get a list and print it. If you just want the number of packets I guess you can print just the len
Not tested but

import dpkt
 
with open('test1.pcap', 'rb') as f:
    pcap = dpkt.pcap.Reader(f)
    packets = pcap.readpkts()

print(len(packets))
print(packets)

note that you will need to process packets further in order to extract info - see how they use Ethernet class in the tutorial