eidenv(1)

eidenv1

Utility for accessing visible data from electronic identity cards

Usage

eidenv [OPTIONS]

Overview

The eidenv utility is used for accessing data from electronic identity cards (like national eID cards) which might not be present in PKCS#15 objects but available in custom files on the card. The data can be printed on screen or used by other programs via environment variables.

Options

--exec prog, -x prog

Executes the given program with data in environment variables.

--help, -h

Print help message on screen.

--print, -p

Prints all data fields from the card, like validity period, document number etc.

--reader arg, -r arg

Number of the reader to use. By default, the first reader with a present card is used. If arg is an ATR, the reader with a matching card will be chosen.

--stats, -t

Prints key usage statistics (only for Estonian ID card).

--version, -v

Prints the version of the utility and exits.

--wait, -w

Wait for a card to be inserted

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 13
  8. Arch

--reader since Debian 8 (Jessie); -p since Debian 8 (Jessie); -r since Debian 8 (Jessie).

-n until Debian 7 (Wheezy).

Authors

eidenv utility was written by Stef Hoeben and Martin Paljak <[email protected]>.

From opensc 0.27.1-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.