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We can use tshark , a command-line interface for Wireshark, that supports similar options to capture packet data from live connections, to write the packets to a file and to read/verify packets from a previously saved capture file.

Below are the test steps,

1. Capture packets:¶

Start capture via terminal using the tshark command in the background (and also generate the DNS request traffic in the current test) and save the captured data in a file.
   for e.g., Command : tshark  -i ens3 -f "port 53" -w /tmp/capture.pcap
   In the above tshark command, “-i” option begins the capture process from ens3 interface; capture filter "-f" option captures packets from ports 53  only and "-w" options saves 
   the captured traffic to a file.

2. Verify the capture:¶

Read the specific captured packet in the saved file by passing the display filter (option "-Y") and verify the packet count. If the packet count is non-zero then proceed to 
verify the required field value. 
   for e.g., Dns request packet count: tshark -r /tmp/capture.pcap  -Y "dns.a && dns.qry.name== www.suse.com"  | wc -l 
   then we can use options “-T field” and "-e" to extract fields as per our choice. see command usage below,
   command : tshark -r /tmp/capture.pcap  -Y "dns.a && dns.qry.name== www.suse.com"   -T fields  -e "dns.qry.name" -e "dns.qry.type"

Santiago, should I go with the above steps to modify the current wireshark test? please confirm.

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