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Old 04-08-2014
ICMP for limited time
Hi,

I am using following command:
Code:
tcpdump -i eth1 icmp[0] =8 >output.txt

i want this command to get execute for a minute only. How can we do this?

Thanks.


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# 2  
Old 04-08-2014
Try this:
Code:
tcpdump -i eth1 icmp[0] =8 >output.txt &
sleep 60; kill $!

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# 3  
Old 04-08-2014
Thanks Subbeh.. its working perfectly the way i wanted.
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