ft2nfdump - Man Page
flow-tools data converter program
Synopsis
ft2nfdump [options]
Description
ft2nfdump is the flow-tools converter program to read, convert and store netflow data, created with the flow-tools package. It works either as a pipe filter or reads flow-tools data format directly from file and exports nfdump data format at stdout.
Options
- -r <flow-tools-file>
Read flow-tools formatted netflow data from file flow-tools-file. Default: Read from stdin.
- -w <nfdump-file>
Write nfdump formatted file for converted netflow data Default: Write to stdout.
- -j
Compress flows. Use bz2 compression in output file. Space efficient methode
- -z
Compress flows. Use fast LZO1X-1 compression in output file. Fastest method
- -c num
Read only num flows from input file.
- -E
Print raw netflow records to stdout. This option is for debugging purpose only, to see any incoming netflow data. Compatible to option -E in nfcapd.
- -V
Print ft2nfdump version and exit.
- -h
Print help text on stdout with all options and exit.
Return Value
Returns
0 No error.
255 Conversion failed.
Examples
flow-cat ft-v05.2015-05-01.* | ft2nfdump -j -w nfcap.20150501 Convert files into nfdump format.
flow-cat ft-v05.2001-05-01.* | ft2nfdump | nfdump -w nfcap.20010501 Convert files into nfdump format.
ft2nfdump -r ft-v05.2001-05-01 | nfdump -w nfcap.20010501 Convert files into nfdump format.