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Interactive packet manipulation program and library

From scapy 2.8.0-r1 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-09 by running scapy -h (exit 0). permalink

Usage: scapy.py [-c new_startup_file] [-p new_prestart_file] [-C] [-P] [-H]
Args:
	-H: header-less start
	-C: do not read startup file
	-P: do not read pre-startup file
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-hdisplay usageman
-Hheader-less mode, also reduces verbosity.man
-dincrease log verbosity.man
-p PRESTART_FILEuse PRESTART_FILE instead of $HOME/.config/scapy/prestart.py as pre-startup fileman
-Pdo not run prestart fileman
-c STARTUP_FILEuse STARTUP_FILE instead of $HOME/.config/scapy/startup.py as startup fileman
-Cdo not run startup fileman
Examples (12) from the manual page, untested

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