cardos-tool.1

CARDOS−TOOL

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHORS

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NAME

cardos-tool − displays information about Card OS−based security tokens or format them

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The cardos−tool utility is used to display information about smart cards and similar security tokens based on Siemens Card/OS M4.

OPTIONS

−−format, −f

Format the card or token.

−−help, −h

Print help message on screen.

−−info, −i

Display information about the card or token.

−−reader arg, −r arg

Number of the reader to use. By default, the first reader with a present card is used. If arg is an ATR, the reader with a matching card will be chosen.

−−startkey arg, −s arg

Specify startkey for format.

−−change−startkey arg, −S arg

Change Startkey with given APDU command.

−−verbose, −v

Causes cardos−tool to be more verbose. Specify this flag several times to enable debug output in the opensc library.

−−wait, −w

Causes cardos−tool to wait for the token to be inserted into reader.

AUTHORS

cardos−tool was written by Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de>.

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