QuickExec Reference

Environment

Using QuickExec

Fiddler Classic's QuickExec box allows you to launch script-commands quickly.

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Hit ALT+Q to quickly set focus to the QuickExec box. If Fiddler Classic isn't active, hit CTRL+ALT+F first to activate Fiddler.
• In the QuickExec box, hit CTRL+I to insert the URL of the currently selected session in the session list.

Default commands

• ?sometext

As you type sometext, Fiddler Classic will highlight sessions where the URL contains sometext. Hit Enter to set focus to the selected matches.

?searchtext

• >size

Select sessions where response size is greater than size bytes.

>40000 # Select responses over 40kb

• <size

Select sessions where response size is less than size bytes.

<5k # Select responses under 5kb

• =status

• =method

Select sessions where response status = status or request method = method.

=301 # Select 301 redirect responses
=POST # Select POST requests

• @host

Select sessions where the request host contains host. Hit Enter to set focus to the selected matches.

@msn.com # Select www.msn.com, login.msn.com, etc

• bold

Mark any future sessions in bold if the url contains the target string

bold /bar.aspx
bold  # Call with no parameter to clear

• bpafter

Break any response where the RequestURI contains the specified string

bpafter /favicon.ico 
bpafter # Call with no parameter to clear

• bps

Break any response where the status code matches

bps 404
bps        # Call with no parameter to clear

• bpv or bpm

Create a request breakpoint for the specified HTTP method. Setting this command will clear any previous value for the command; calling it with no parameter will disable the breakpoint.

bpv POST
bpv        # Call with no parameter to clear

• bpu

Create a request breakpoint for URIs containing the specified string. Setting this command will clear any previous value for the command; calling it with no parameter will disable the breakpoint.

bpu /myservice.asmx
bpu        # Call with no parameter to clear

• cls or clear

clear the session list

cls

• dump

dump all sessions to a zip archive in C:\

dump

• g or go

Resume all breakpointed sessions

g

• help

Show this page

help

• hide Hide Fiddler in System tray

hide

• urlreplace

Replace any string in URLs with a different string. Setting this command will clear any previous value for the command; calling it with no parameter will cancel the replacement.

urlreplace SeekStr ReplaceWithStr
urlreplace        # Call with no parameters to clear

• start

Register as the system proxy

start

• stop

Unregister as the system proxy

stop

• show

Restore Fiddler Classic from system tray -- more useful when triggering rules from ExecAction.exe (see below)

show

• select MIME

Select any session where the response Content-Type header contains the specified string.

select image
select css
select htm

• select HeaderOrFlag PartialValue

Select any session where the named Header or SessionFlag contains the specified string.

select ui-comments slow
select ui-bold *     # unless preceded by a slash, * means any value
select ui-comments \*     # Find comments with a *
select @Request.Accept html     # Find requests with Accept: html
select @Response.Set-Cookie domain <- Find responses that Set-Cookie on a domain

• allbut or keeponly

Hide all sessions except those where Content-Type header contains the specified string.

allbut xml
allbut java

• quit

Shutdown Fiddler.

quit

• !dns hostname*

Perform a DNS lookup of the target host and show the results on the LOG tab

!dns www.example.com
!nslookup www.example.com

• !listen PORT [CERTHOSTNAME]

Set up an additional listener on another port, optionally secured by a HTTPS certificate

!listen 8889
!listen 4443 localhost
!listen 444 secure.example.com