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.TH HCIDUMP 1 "Nov 12 2002" BlueZ "Linux System Administration"
.SH NAME
hcidump \- Parse HCI data
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B hcidump [-h]
.br
.B hcidump [option [option...]] [filter]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.B
hcidump
reads raw HCI data coming from and going to a Bluetooth device (which can be
specified with the option
.BR -i ,
default is the first available one) and prints to screen commands, events and
data in a human-readable form. Optionally, the dump can be written to a file
rather than parsed, and the dump file can be parsed in a subsequent moment.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI -h
Prints usage info and exits
.TP
.BI -i " <hciX>"
Data is read from
.IR hciX ,
which must be the name of an installed Bluetooth device. If not specified,
and if
.B
-r
option is not set, data is read from the first available Bluetooth device.
.TP
.BI -r " <file>" "\fR,\fP \-\^\-read-dump=" "<file>"
Data is not read from a Bluetooth device, but from file
.IR file .
.I
file
is crated with option
.BR -w .
.TP
.BI -w " <file>" "\fR,\fP \-\^\-save-dump=" "<file>"
Parse output is not printed to screen, instead data read from device is saved in file
.IR file .
The saved dump file can be subsequently parsed with option
.BR -r .
.TP
.BR -x ", " "\-\^\-hex"
For every packet, not only is the packet type displayed, but also all data in hex.
.TP
.BR -a ", " "\-\^\-ascii"
For every packet, not only is the packet type displayed, but also all data in ASCII.
.TP
.BI -s " <len>" "\fR,\fP \-\^\-snap-len=" "<len>"
Sets max length of processed packets to
.IR len .
.TP
.BI -p " <psm>" "\fR,\fP \-\^\-psm=" "<psm>"
Sets default Protocol Service Multiplexer to
.IR psm .
.TP
.BR -t ", " "\-\^\-ts"
Prepend a time stamp to every packet.
.TP
.BR -R ", " "\-\^\-raw"
Raw mode: do not display packet type, only data.
.SH FILTERS
.B
filter
is a space-separated list of packet categories: available categories are
.IR hci ,
.IR l2cap ,
.IR sco ,
.IR rfcomm ,
.IR sdp ,
.I bnep
and
.IR cmtp .
If filters are used, only packets belonging to the specified categories are
dumped. By default, all packets are dumped.
.SH AUTHORS
Written by Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
.PP
man page by Fabrizio Gennari <fabrizio.gennari@philips.com>