10.8. Display Filter Macros

Display Filter Macros are a mechanism to create shortcuts for complex filters. For example defining a display filter macro named tcp_conv whose text is ( (ip.src == $1 and ip.dst == $2 and tcp.srcport == $3 and tcp.dstport == $4) or (ip.src == $2 and ip.dst == $1 and tcp.srcport == $4 and tcp.dstport == $3) ) would allow to use a display filter like ${tcp_conv:10.1.1.2;10.1.1.3;1200;1400} instead of typing the whole filter.

Display Filter Macros can be managed with a Section 10.7, “User Table” by selecting AnalyzeDisplay Filter Macros from the menu. The User Table has the following fields

Name
The name of the macro.
Text
The replacement text for the macro it uses $1, $2, $3, … as the input arguments.