Re: man page, usage text and filter expression formatting

[Francois via tcpdump-workers <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org>]

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> From: Francois <devel.fx.lebail () orange fr>
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> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:33:55 +0200
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> On 17/10/2025 23:14, Denis Ovsienko wrote:
> > One way to solve this problem would be using "keyword <arg>" or
> > "keyword ARG" or even "keyword <ARG>" syntax for all filter primitives.
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> In pcap-filter.manmisc.in, we have some keywords with optional argument as:
>         vlan [vlan_id]
>         mpls [label_num]
>         pppoes [session_id]
>         geneve [vni]
>         vxlan [vni]
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> If we choose <argument>, we will have:
>         vlan [<vlan_id>]
>         mpls [<label_num>]
>         pppoes [<session_id>]
>         geneve [<vni>]
>         vxlan [<vni>]
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> If we choose ARGUMENT, we will have:
>         vlan [VLAN_ID]
>         mpls [LABEL_NUM]
>         pppoes [SESSION_ID]
>         geneve [VNI]
>         vxlan [VNI]
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> The latter is easier to read, in my opinion, with fewer characters.
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