sigtool(1) Clam AntiVirus sigtool(1)NAMEsigtool - signature and database management tool
SYNOPSISsigtool [options]
DESCRIPTIONsigtool can be used to generate MD5 checksums, convert data into hexa‐
decimal format, list virus signatures 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[FILE], --list-sigs[=FILE]
List all signature names from the local database directory
(default) or from FILE.
-fREGEX, --find-sigs=REGEX
Find and display signatures from the local database directory
which match the given REGEX. The whole signature body (name, hex
string, etc.) is checked.
-fREGEX, --decode-sigs=REGEX
Decode signatures read from the standard input (eg. piped from
--find-sigs)
-fREGEX, --test-sigs=DATABASE TARGET_FILE
Test all signatures from DATABASE against TARGET_FILE.
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 ALSOclamd(8), clamdscan(1), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), clamd.conf(5), cla‐
mav-milter(8)ClamAV 0.96 February 12, 2007 sigtool(1)
