1CARDOS-TOOL(1)                   OpenSC Tools                   CARDOS-TOOL(1)
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NAME

6       cardos-tool - displays information about Card OS-based security tokens
7       or format them
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SYNOPSIS

10       cardos-tool [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

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

17       --card-driver name, -c name
18           Use the card driver specified by name. The default is to
19           auto-detect the correct card driver.
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21       --format, -f
22           Format the card or token.
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24       --help, -h
25           Print help message on screen.
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27       --info, -i
28           Display information about the card or token.
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30       --reader num, -r num
31           Specify the reader to use. By default, the first reader with a
32           present card is used. If num is an ATR, the reader with a matching
33           card will be chosen.
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35       --startkey arg, -s arg
36           Specify startkey for format.
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38       --change-startkey arg, -S arg
39           Change Startkey with given APDU command.
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41       --verbose, -v
42           Causes cardos-tool to be more verbose. Specify this flag several
43           times to enable debug output in the opensc library.
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45       --wait, -w
46           Causes cardos-tool to wait for the token to be inserted into
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AUTHORS

50       cardos-tool was written by Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de>.
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54opensc                            03/27/2019                    CARDOS-TOOL(1)