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zeek:tldr:4fd80

zeek: Analyze traffic from a `pcap` file.
$ zeek --readfile ${filename-trace}
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The command "zeek --readfile ${filename-trace}" is used to run the Zeek network security monitoring tool on a specified file. Here's a breakdown of the command: - "zeek" refers to the Zeek executable, which is the main program that will perform the network monitoring and analysis. - "--readfile" is a flag or option used to specify that you want Zeek to read from a file instead of monitoring live network traffic. - "${filename-trace}" is a placeholder for the actual filename or path of the file you want Zeek to analyze. You need to replace this placeholder with the actual name/path of the trace file you want to process. By executing this command with the appropriate trace file, Zeek will read the contents of the file and perform various network analysis tasks, such as extracting network protocols, detecting security threats, generating logs, and much more.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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