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

AUTHORS

beid-tool is based on opensc-tool (www.opensc.org) written by <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).