1sigtool(1) Clam AntiVirus sigtool(1)
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6 sigtool - signature and database management tool
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9 sigtool [options]
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12 sigtool can be used to generate MD5 checksums, convert data into hexa‐
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17 -h, --help
18 Output help information and exit.
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20 -V, --version
21 Print version number and exit.
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23 --quiet
24 Be quiet - output only error messages.
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30 Read data from stdin and write hex string to stdout.
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33 Generate MD5 checksum from stdin or MD5 sigs for FILES.
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36 Generate .mdb signatures for FILES.
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38 --html-normalise=FILE
39 Create normalised HTML files comment.html, nocomment.html, and
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42 --utf16-decode=FILE
43 Decode UTF16 encoded data.
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46 Extract VBA/Word6 macros from given MS Office document.
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49 Extract Word6 macros from given MS Office document and display
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53 Print a CVD information and verify MD5 and a digital signature.
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56 Build a CVD file. -s, --server is required.
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59 ClamAV Signing Service address (for virus database maintainers
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63 Unpack FILE (CVD) to a current directory.
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66 Unpack a local CVD file (main or daily) to current directory.
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69 Create a diff file for OLD and NEW CVDs/INCDIRs.
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72 Execute update script FILE in current directory.
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75 Verify DIFF against CVD/INCDIR.
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81 Generate hex string from testfile and save it to testfile.hex:
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92 clamd(8), clamdscan(1), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), clamd.conf(5), cla‐
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97ClamAV 0.92.1 February 12, 2007 sigtool(1)