1CARDOS-TOOL(1)                   OpenSC Tools                   CARDOS-TOOL(1)
2
3
4

NAME

6       cardos-tool - displays information about Card OS-based security tokens
7       or format them
8

SYNOPSIS

10       cardos-tool [OPTIONS]
11

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.
15

OPTIONS

17       --format, -f
18           Format the card or token.
19
20       --help, -h
21           Print help message on screen.
22
23       --info, -i
24           Display information about the card or token.
25
26       --reader arg, -r arg
27           Number of the reader to use. By default, the first reader with a
28           present card is used. If arg is an ATR, the reader with a matching
29           card will be chosen.
30
31       --startkey arg, -s arg
32           Specify startkey for format.
33
34       --change-startkey arg, -S arg
35           Change Startkey with given APDU command.
36
37       --verbose, -v
38           Causes cardos-tool to be more verbose. Specify this flag several
39           times to enable debug output in the opensc library.
40
41       --wait, -w
42           Causes cardos-tool to wait for the token to be inserted into
43           reader.
44

AUTHORS

46       cardos-tool was written by Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de>.
47
48
49
50opensc                            08/08/2023                    CARDOS-TOOL(1)