Function hexdump

scapy/utils.py:307–334

Build a tcpdump like hexadecimal view :param p: a Packet :param dump: define if the result must be printed or returned in a variable :return: a String only when dump=True

(p, dump=False)

@conf.commands.register
def hexdump(p, dump=False):
    # type: (Union[Packet, AnyStr], bool) -> Optional[str]
    """Build a tcpdump like hexadecimal view

    :param p: a Packet
    :param dump: define if the result must be printed or returned in a variable
    :return: a String only when dump=True
    """
    s = ""
    x = bytes_encode(p)
    x_len = len(x)
    i = 0
    while i < x_len:
        s += "%04x  " % i
        for j in range(16):
            if i + j < x_len:
                s += "%02X " % orb(x[i + j])
            else:
                s += "   "
        s += " %s\n" % sane(x[i:i + 16], color=True)
        i += 16
    # remove trailing \n
    s = s[:-1] if s.endswith("\n") else s
    if dump:
        return s
    else:
        print(s)
        return None


@conf.commands.register