The "file" menu, Section 3.5, “the, File" menu – Lucent Technologies Ethereal User Manual

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3.5. The "File" menu

The Ethereal file menu contains the fields shown in

Table 3.1, “File menu items”

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Figure 3.3. The "File" Menu

Table 3.1. File menu items

Menu Item

Accelerator

Description

Open...

Ctrl+O

This menu item brings up the file open dialog box that allows you to load
a capture file for viewing. It is discussed in more detail in

Section 5.2.1,

“The "Open Capture File" dialog box”

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Open Recent

This menu item shows a submenu containing the recently opened capture
files. Clicking on one of the submenu items will open the corresponding
capture file directly.

Merge...

This menu item brings up the merge file dialog box that allows you to
merge a capture file into the currently loaded one. It is discussed in more
detail in

Section 5.4, “Merging capture files”

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Close

Ctrl+W

This menu item closes the current capture. If you haven't saved the cap-
ture, you will be asked to do so first (this can be disabled by a preference
setting).

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