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sigtool(1)                                     Clam AntiVirus                                     sigtool(1)



NAME
       sigtool - signature and database management tool

SYNOPSIS
       sigtool [options]

DESCRIPTION
       sigtool  can be used to generate MD5 checksums, convert data into hexadecimal format, list virus sig-natures signatures
       natures and build/unpack/test/verify CVD databases and update scripts.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
              Output help information and exit.

       -V, --version
              Print version number and exit.

       --quiet
              Be quiet - output only error messages.

       --stdout
              Write all messages to stdout.

       --hex-dump
              Read data from stdin and write hex string to stdout.

       --md5 [FILES]
              Generate MD5 checksum from stdin or MD5 sigs for FILES.

       --mdb [FILES]
              Generate .mdb signatures for FILES.

       --html-normalise=FILE
              Create normalised HTML files comment.html, nocomment.html, and script.html in current  working
              directory.

       --utf16-decode=FILE
              Decode UTF16 encoded data.

       --vba=FILE
              Extract VBA/Word6 macros from given MS Office document.

       --vba-hex=FILE
              Extract Word6 macros from given MS Office document and display the corresponding hex values.

       -i, --info
              Print a CVD information and verify MD5 and a digital signature.

       -b, --build
              Build a CVD file. -s, --server is required.

       --server
              ClamAV Signing Service address (for virus database maintainers only).

       --unpack FILE, -u FILE
              Unpack FILE (CVD) to a current directory.

       --unpack-current
              Unpack a local CVD file (main or daily) to current directory.

       --diff=OLD NEW, -d OLD NEW
              Create a diff file for OLD and NEW CVDs/INCDIRs.

       --run-cdiff=FILE, -r FILE
              Execute update script FILE in current directory.

       --verify-cdiff=FILE, -r FILE
              Verify DIFF against CVD/INCDIR.

       -l, --list-sigs
              List signature names.

EXAMPLES
       Generate hex string from testfile and save it to testfile.hex:

              cat testfile | sigtool --hex-dump > testfile.hex

CREDITS
       Please check the full documentation for credits.

AUTHOR
       Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>

SEE ALSO
       clamd(8), clamdscan(1), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), clamd.conf(5), clamav-milter(8)



ClamAV 0.91.2                                 February 12, 2007                                   sigtool(1)