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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)