log-traffic
$ littlesnitch log-traffic --help
usage: littlesnitch log-traffic [-hs] [-b <YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS>] [-e <YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS>]
-h, --help
Print a short help and exit.
-b, --begin-date <YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS>
Optional. Where to begin reading logged traffic history. If not
specified, no historic data is printed.
-e, --end-date <YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS>
Optional. Where to stop reading logged traffic history.
-s, --stream
Optional, incompatible with --end-date. Stream live traffic statistics.
This command gives you access to the underlying data visualized by Network Monitor. You can specify a time range with --begin-date
and --end-date
or view live statistics with --stream
(which can be combined with --begin-date
). Output is in CSV format and the first row always represents the field names.
Each row represents statistics over the time interval since the previous row.
Field Name | Description |
---|---|
date | Start date of the time interval |
direction | The string “in” for inbound connections or “out” for outbound |
uid | UID of the communicating process |
ipAddress | Remote internet address |
remoteHostname | Remote computer name used to look up the IP address |
protocol | Numeric Internet protocol (e.g. 6 for TCP, 17 for UDP) |
port | Remote port number for outgoing connections, local port number for incoming |
connectCount | How often new connections were established during the statistics time interval |
denyCount | How often connection attempts were denied during the statistics time interval |
byteCountIn | Number of bytes received during statistics time interval |
byteCountOut | Number of bytes sent during statistics time interval |
connectingExecutable | A string describing the executable of the process which established the connection |
parentAppExecutable | If the connecting executable is not an application, Little Snitch tries to find a responsible application. If one is found, this string represents the parent app. |
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