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authorUli Heilmeier <uh@heilmeier.eu>2017-01-22 13:20:56 +0100
committerMichael Mann <mmann78@netscape.net>2017-01-22 19:05:38 +0000
commit79f3d8f40d8bb5e5465e4954dbe54beadef5dba7 (patch)
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parent013125af034ea2282e15b80be4beeb9f19330f7a (diff)
downloadwireshark-79f3d8f40d8bb5e5465e4954dbe54beadef5dba7.tar.gz
MAN wireshark-filter: Add ~ operator
The tilde (~) operator was missing as an alternative for matches. Bug: 13320 Change-Id: Idb96c802145dcdd0d9ffc196b32370cadd8735b3 Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/19723 Reviewed-by: Michael Mann <mmann78@netscape.net>
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/wireshark-filter.pod b/doc/wireshark-filter.pod
index 6ad3874c04..0b8613de4c 100644
--- a/doc/wireshark-filter.pod
+++ b/doc/wireshark-filter.pod
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ C-like symbols:
Additional operators exist expressed only in English, not C-like syntax:
- contains Does the protocol, field or slice contain a value
- matches Does the protocol or text string match the given Perl
- regular expression
+ contains Does the protocol, field or slice contain a value
+ matches, ~ Does the protocol or text string match the given Perl
+ regular expression
The "contains" operator allows a filter to search for a sequence of
characters, expressed as a string (quoted or unquoted), or bytes,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ URL in a capture, the following filter can be used:
The "contains" operator cannot be used on atomic fields,
such as numbers or IP addresses.
-The "matches" operator allows a filter to apply to a specified
+The "matches" or "~" operator allows a filter to apply to a specified
Perl-compatible regular expression (PCRE). The "matches" operator is only
implemented for protocols and for protocol fields with a text string
representation. For example, to search for a given WAP WSP User-Agent,