NAME
beid-tool - generic smart card utility
SYNOPSIS
beid-tool [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
The beid-tool utility can be used from the command line to perform
miscellaneous smart card operations such as getting the card ATR or
listing the PC/SC compliant smartcard readers that are installed.
OPTIONS
--atr, -a
Print the Answer To Reset (ATR) of the card (output is in
hexadecimal notation). format
--name, -n
Identify the card and print its name
--list-readers, -l
Lists all configured readers
--reader num, -r num
Select a reader (default = 0)
--wait, -w
Wait for a card to be inserted
SEE ALSO
beid-pkcs11-tool(1)
AUTHORS
beid-tool is based on opensc-tool (www.opensc.org) written by
<juha.yrjola@iki.fi> and adapted for the Belgian national eID card by
Zetes NV/SA (www.zetes.com). This manpage was based on the opensc-tool
manpage by Joe Phillips <joe.phillips@innovationsw.com> for the Debian
GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
09/2005 beid-tool(1)