msgsnarf (8) Linux Manual Page
msgsnarf – sniff chat messages
Synopsis
msgsnarf [-i interface | -p pcapfile] [[-v] pattern [expression]]
Description
msgsnarf records selected messages from AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ 2000, IRC, MSN Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger chat sessions.
Options
- -i interface
- Specify the interface to listen on.
- -p pcapfile
- Process packets from the specified PCAP capture file instead of the network.
- -v
- "Versus" mode. Invert the sense of matching, to select non-matching messages.
- pattern
- Specify regular expression for message matching.
- expression
- Specify a tcpdump(8) filter expression to select traffic to sniff.
See Also
dsniff(8)
Author
Dug Song <dugsong [at] monkey.org>