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beid-tool(1)							      Belgium							      beid-tool(1)

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)