Capturing Network Traffic With Python And TShark

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Have you ever wanted to add packet analysis to an existing program? Ever needed to take a packet capture and make the output just a little more readable? Working with standard tools like Wireshark or tcpdump can be pretty convoluted.

Trying to jam a bunch of tcpdump parameters together is cumbersome at best. Working with Wireshark on the command-line is also virtually impossible…