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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2017-06-21 17:34:30 -0400
committerAnders Broman <a.broman58@gmail.com>2017-06-22 19:32:06 +0000
commit7d67af661a466dde4416c0583bbfa0250b14560f (patch)
tree47ed0deef89dab9b7becfdab74abb8aa9d680ce9 /docbook
parent07f576ffeb2bfabecaefbe24088a2858f47d4642 (diff)
downloadwireshark-7d67af661a466dde4416c0583bbfa0250b14560f.tar.gz
Make "matches" case-insensitive.
Make the "matches" operator case-insensitive by default. Case sensitivity can be switched back on using "(?-i)". It might be nice to make "contains" case-insensitive as well, but we'd need a caseless version of epan_memmem. Change-Id: I5e39a52c148477c30c808152bcace08348df815a Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/22330 Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> Petri-Dish: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> Tested-by: Petri Dish Buildbot <buildbot-no-reply@wireshark.org> Reviewed-by: Anders Broman <a.broman58@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docbook')
-rw-r--r--docbook/release-notes.asciidoc3
-rw-r--r--docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.asciidoc4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/release-notes.asciidoc b/docbook/release-notes.asciidoc
index f5e88a2b5c..2b361f30f8 100644
--- a/docbook/release-notes.asciidoc
+++ b/docbook/release-notes.asciidoc
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
since version 2.4.0:
- * Add color support for TShark with --color option (non-Windows only)
+* Add color support for TShark with --color option (non-Windows only)
* TCP Analysis will detect and flag more spurious retransmissions.
+* The "matches" display filter operator is now case-insensitive.
//=== Removed Dissectors
diff --git a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.asciidoc b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.asciidoc
index 6047e2ad45..819d7601b5 100644
--- a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.asciidoc
+++ b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_work.asciidoc
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ anywhere in the header.
http.host matches "acme\.(org|com|net)"
----
The example above match HTTP packets where the HOST header contains acme.org or acme.com
-or acme.net. Note: Wireshark needs to be built with libpcre in order to be able to use the
-+matches+ resp. +~+ operator.
+or acme.net. Comparisons are case-insensitive. Note: Wireshark needs to be built with
+libpcre in order to be able to use the +matches+ resp. +~+ operator.
----
tcp.flags & 0x02
----