CARDOS\-TOOL
Section: OpenSC Tools (1)
Updated: 02/25/2021
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NAME
cardos-tool - displays information about Card OS-based security tokens or format them
SYNOPSIS
-
cardos-tool [OPTIONS]
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>.