ubertooth-scan(1)

ubertooth-scan1

Scan frequency band active(bluez) device scan and inquiry supported by ubertooth

Usage

ubertooth-scan [-s] [-x]

Overview

This tool uses a normal Bluetooth dongle to perform Inquiry Scans and Extended Inquiry scans of Bluetooth devices. It uses Ubertooth to discover undiscoverable devices and can use BlueZ to scan for discoverable devices.

Examples

Use Ubertooth to discover devices and perform Inquiry Scan with BlueZ:

ubertooth-scan

Use BlueZ and Ubertooth to discover devices and perform Inquiry Scan and Extended Inquiry Scan:

ubertooth-scan -s -x

Options

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-s : hci Scan - use BlueZ to scan for discoverable devices

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-x : eXtended scan - retrieve additional information about target devices

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-t <seconds> : scan Time - length of time to sniff packets. [Default: 20s]

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-e <0-4> : Maximum Access Code Errors (default: 2)

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-b hciN : Bluetooth device (default: hci0)

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-U<0-7> : which Ubertooth device to use

Releases

5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 9
  2. 10–13

-b until Debian 9 (Stretch); -h until Debian 9 (Stretch); -s until Debian 9 (Stretch); -t until Debian 9 (Stretch); -x until Debian 9 (Stretch).

Author

This manual page was written by Mike Ryan.

From ubertooth 2018.12.R1-5.3 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.