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wpaclean — Clean capture files to get only the 4-way handshake and a beacon. Part of Aircrack-ng network softwa

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Problem

How to use the wpaclean command: Clean capture files to get only the 4-way handshake and a beacon. Part of Aircrack-ng network software suite. More information: <https://manned.org/wpaclean>.

Solution

wpaclean — Clean capture files to get only the 4-way handshake and a beacon. Part of Aircrack-ng network software suite. More information: <https://manned.org/wpaclean>.

Clean capture and save only the 4-way handshake and a beacon in the result:

wpaclean {{path/to/result.cap}} {{path/to/capture.cap}}

Clean multiple captures and save 4-way handshakes and beacons in the result:

wpaclean {{path/to/result.cap}} {{path/to/capture1.cap path/to/capture2.cap ...}}

Code Snippets

Clean capture and save only the 4-way handshake and a beacon in the result

wpaclean {{path/to/result.cap}} {{path/to/capture.cap}}

Clean multiple captures and save 4-way handshakes and beacons in the result

wpaclean {{path/to/result.cap}} {{path/to/capture1.cap path/to/capture2.cap ...}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/wpaclean

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