# supppose you have raw dumps , created with something like: tcpdump -i eth0 -w tcpdump.out # to capture raw # then do this: tcpdump -r ./tcpdump.out > tcpdump.outr the ouptut will look then like: .... .... 12:17:28.864666 IP oreilly.com.http > zenlap.zentara.net.22322: . ack 651 win 111 zenlap.zentara.net.22322: . 1:1441(1440) ack 651 win 111