cardos-tool 1 OpenSC OpenSC Tools opensc
cardos-tool displays information about Card OS-based security tokens or format them
`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

`--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.