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# HOW TO : Capture all traffic to and from a host using tcpdump
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-capture-all-traffic-to-and-from-a-host-using-tcpdump/
- Published: 2012-03-30T15:59:02.000Z
- Updated: 2012-03-30T15:59:02.000Z
- Description: Quick one liner for capturing traffic destined to and arriving from a host (IP address) using tcpdump and writing it to a file for analyzing later...
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- Tags: HOWTO, Linux, Networking, Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 02:32

Quick one liner for capturing traffic destined to and arriving from a host (IP address) using tcpdump and writing it to a file for analyzing later on

```
tcpdump -s0 host x.x.x.x -w destination.pcap
```