1KTOBLZCHECK(1) General Commands Manual KTOBLZCHECK(1)
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6 ktoblzcheck - Check Account and BLZ (bank routing code)
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9 ktoblzcheck [--returncode] [--file=<datafile>] <bank-id> <account-id>
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12 This manual page documents briefly the ktoblzcheck application.
13 ktoblzcheck is a program that will check a given account and blz for
15 the bank being valid and the account being valid using some checksum
16 calculations, if supported for that particular bank. The output is the
17 clear-text name of the bank specified by <bank-id>, and whether the
18 given <account-id> is a valid account number at this bank.
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21 <bank-id>
22 This is the Bankleitzahl (bank routing id), actually it is the
23 account-id of that particular bank at the Deutsche Bundesbank.
24 <account-id>
26 This is the account number you wish to verify. If the checksum
27 method of the bank specified by the <bank-id> is supported, you
28 will get the account-id verified, i.e. if it is a valid account-
29 id at that particular bank.
30 --returncode
32 If given, the result is returned via the returncode and no out‐
33 put on the terminal. The following returncodes are possible: 0:
34 account and bank are ok 1: unknown, e.g. checksum not imple‐
35 mented or such 2: account and/or bank not ok 3: bank not found
36 --file=<datafile>
38 Specifies the file with the bankdata. This file can be obtained
39 via the internet from the Deutsche Bundesbank on address
40 http://www.bundesbank.de/zahlungsverkehr/zahlungsverkehr_bankleitzahlen_download.php
41 Beware! This page is in German only.
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44 No bugs are known at this time. Only certain checksum algorythms are
45 supported as of now, so please don't complain if you always get
46 "unknown" as return value.
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49 This manual page was written by Jens Gecius <jens@gecius.de> for the
50 Debian GNU/Linux system. Authors of ktoblzcheck are Fabian Kaiser
51 <fabian@openhbci.de> and Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de>.
52 August 3, 2003 KTOBLZCHECK(1)