From 8d607a5f66bc8a1e42f8b3687e8ad0053e75848c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert McMahon <rjmcmahon@rjmcmahon.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:56:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improve packet display formatting in test_monitor_tshark.sh

- Replace raw tab-separated values with readable format
- Show 'Frame X: PLCP header (radiotap) = yes/no' instead of '1 1'
- Add field labels for main capture sample packets
- Show SA, DA, type, subtype, and PLCP status in readable format

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
---
 test_monitor_tshark.sh | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test_monitor_tshark.sh b/test_monitor_tshark.sh
index 520715e..6409c22 100755
--- a/test_monitor_tshark.sh
+++ b/test_monitor_tshark.sh
@@ -97,10 +97,13 @@ PACKET_COUNT=$(echo "$PACKET_LINES" | wc -l || echo "0")
 # Count lines with both frame.number and radiotap.present (non-empty second field)
 PLCP_COUNT=$(echo "$PACKET_LINES" | awk -F'\t' 'NF >= 2 && $1 != "" && $2 != "" && $2 != "0" && $2 != "-" {count++} END {print count+0}' || echo "0")
 
-# Show sample output
+# Show sample output with better formatting
 if [ "$PACKET_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
     echo "Sample packets:"
-    echo "$PACKET_LINES" | head -3
+    echo "$PACKET_LINES" | head -5 | awk -F'\t' '{
+        radiotap = ($2 == "1" || $2 == "1.0") ? "yes" : "no"
+        printf "  Frame %s: PLCP header (radiotap) = %s\n", $1, radiotap
+    }'
 fi
 
 echo ""
@@ -165,10 +168,18 @@ if [ "$FINAL_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
 fi
 echo ""
 
-# Display sample packets
+# Display sample packets with readable format
 if [ -n "$PACKET_LINES" ] && [ "$FINAL_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
-    echo "Sample packets (first 20):"
-    echo "$PACKET_LINES" | head -20
+    echo "Sample packets (first 10):"
+    echo "$PACKET_LINES" | head -10 | awk -F'\t' '{
+        sa = ($3 != "" && $3 != "-") ? $3 : "N/A"
+        da = ($4 != "" && $4 != "-") ? $4 : "N/A"
+        type = ($5 != "" && $5 != "-") ? $5 : "N/A"
+        subtype = ($6 != "" && $6 != "-") ? $6 : "N/A"
+        radiotap = ($8 == "1" || $8 == "1.0") ? "yes" : (($8 != "" && $8 != "-") ? "no" : "N/A")
+        printf "  Frame %s: SA=%s, DA=%s, type=%s/%s, PLCP=%s\n",
+            $1, sa, da, type, subtype, radiotap
+    }'
     echo ""
 else
     echo "(No packets captured)"