tcpdump can be of use for people who known nothing of TCP, these days.

The "tcp" in "tcpdump" is historical; these days, it's a general-purpose
network analyzer.  Don't claim tcpdump will not be of much use to you if
you don't know TCP.

diff --git a/tcpdump.1.in b/tcpdump.1.in
index 1e737d2c425a0d25b67aba4f6cfae015cc7e3a92..cb7ff0f01192e01bde25268f1525d7768d74d85a 100644 (file)
--- a/tcpdump.1.in
+++ b/tcpdump.1.in
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ TCP Packets
 \fI(N.B.:The following description assumes familiarity with
 the TCP protocol described in RFC-793.
 If you are not familiar
-with the protocol, neither this description nor \fItcpdump\fP will
+with the protocol, this description will not
 be of much use to you.)\fP
 .LP
 The general format of a tcp protocol line is: