cardos-tool man page

cardos-tool [Options]

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

--card-driver name, -c name

Use the card driver specified by name. The default is to auto-detect the correct card driver.

--format, -f

Format the card or token.

--info, -i

Display information about the card or token.

--reader number, -r number

Specify the reader number number to use. The default is reader 0.

--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.