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NAME

       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@monkey.org>