Display serial number for every capture packet

“-#/--number“ option is used to display serial number for every capture packet: 

  1. # tcpdump -# > log.txt
  2. tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
  3. listening on enp0s3, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes
  4. 1  09:45:29.712740 IP 192.168.35.211.ssh > 10.217.133.114.51554: Flags [P.], seq 2582118158:2582118266, ack 3041963369, win 317, length 108
  5. 2  09:45:29.712927 IP 192.168.35.211.ssh > 10.217.133.114.51554: Flags [P.], seq 108:144, ack 1, win 317, length 36
  6. 3  09:45:29.713078 IP 192.168.35.211.ssh > 10.217.133.114.51554: Flags [P.], seq 144:260, ack 1, win 317, length 116
  7. 4  09:45:29.713275 IP 192.168.35.211.ssh > 10.217.133.114.51554: Flags [P.], seq 260:296, ack 1, win 317, length 36
  8. ......