From: Wesley Shields <wxs@atarininja.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 18:16:40 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Document -V flag.
X-Git-Tag: tcpdump-4.4.0~7^2~2^2~2
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Document -V flag.
---

diff --git a/tcpdump.1.in b/tcpdump.1.in
index 2fcc8445..3df96817 100644
--- a/tcpdump.1.in
+++ b/tcpdump.1.in
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ tcpdump \- dump traffic on a network
 .I file
 ]
 [
+.B \-V
+.I file
+]
+[
 .B \-s
 .I snaplen
 ]
@@ -127,8 +131,10 @@ flag, which causes it to save the packet data to a file for later
 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 .
@@ -592,6 +598,10 @@ With
 .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.