tshark | Check traffic on default interface

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ping 8.8.8.8 >/dev/null & tshark --color -f "temp"

This command will test whether the default interface (tshark -D | head -n1) is capturing the pings being sent. If there is no output, explicitly choose the interface traffic is going on.

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