To view the pcap data, use the pcap inspector utility, $METRON_HOME/bin/pcap_inspector.sh. This utility enables you to retrieve and view portions of the sequence files which store the pcap data in HDFS.

usage: PcapInspector
 -h,--help               Generate Help screen
 -i,--input <SEQ_FILE>   Input sequence file on HDFS
 -n,--num_packets <N>    Number of packets to dump