How to sniff http traffic with tcpdump?

Question

linux

Good afternoon, how to get an exchange of a local machine with some remote host, but so that only the payload is issued, without incomprehensible tinsel.
Now I use:
tcpdump -A -i any 'host xxxx' -vvv
But a lot of incomprehensible information is displayed, and the payload among it is displayed several times.

Answer 1

I myself use this option
I recommend using tcpflow for http sniffing, everything is done more competently there. Example to use
tcpflow -p -c -i eth0 port 80

Answer 2

Refine the request with parameters (port, type (tcp / udp), host, etc.)
or use ngrep with the necessary filters (port, regular expression for content, etc.)
or tools such as wireshark to analyze packets in the gui