.I file
]
[
+.B \-V
+.I file
+]
+[
.B \-s
.I snaplen
]
analysis, and/or with the
.B \-r
flag, which causes it to read from a saved packet file rather than to
-read packets from a network interface. In all cases, only packets that
-match
+read packets from a network interface. It can also be run with the
+.B \-V
+flag, which causes it to read a list of saved packet files. In all cases,
+only packets that match
.I expression
will be processed by
.IR tcpdump .
.B \-X
Telnet options are printed in hex as well.
.TP
+.B \-V
+Read a list of filenames from \fIfile\fR. Standard input is used
+if \fIfile\fR is ``-''.
+.TP
.B \-w
Write the raw packets to \fIfile\fR rather than parsing and printing
them out.