CARDOS-TOOL(1)

    .SH "NAME" cardos-tool - displays information about Card OS-based security tokens or format them
    .SH "SYNOPSIS"
        .HP u
            cardos-tool
             [OPTIONS]

    .SH "DESCRIPTION"

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

    .SH "OPTIONS"

        .PP
                .PP --format, -f

                        Format the card or token.
                    .RE
                    .PP --help, -h

                            Print help message on screen.
                        .RE
                        .PP --info, -i

                                Display information about the card or token.
                            .RE
                            .PP --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.

                                .RE
                                .PP --startkey arg, -s arg

                                        Specify startkey for format.
                                    .RE
                                    .PP --change-startkey arg, -S arg

                                            Change Startkey with given APDU command.
                                        .RE
                                        .PP --verbose, -v

                                                Causes cardos-tool to be more verbose. Specify this flag several times to enable debug output in the opensc library.
                                            .RE
                                            .PP --wait, -w

                                                    Causes cardos-tool to wait for the token to be inserted into reader.

                                                .RE

                                    .SH "AUTHORS"

                                        .PP cardos-tool was written by Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de>.