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The module OpenVAS-CLI collects command line tools
to handle with the OpenVAS services via the respective
protocols.
The best supported service is currently the OpenVAS-Manager (openvasmd).
OpenVAS-CLI is licensed under GNU General Public License Version 2 or
any later version.  Please see file COPYING for details.
All parts of OpenVAS-CLI are Copyright (C) by Greenbone Networks GmbH
(see http://www.greenbone.net).
Howto use
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The command line tools will access a service.
The service must be reachable via the network.
The program usage message follows.
Usage:
  omp [OPTION...] - OpenVAS OMP Command Line Interface
Help Options:
  -?, --help                      Show help options
Application Options:
  -h, --host=<host>               Connect to manager on host <host>
  -p, --port=<number>             Use port number <number>
  -V, --version                   Print version.
  -v, --verbose                   Verbose messages (WARNING: may reveal passwords).
  --use-certs                     Use client certificates to authenticate
  -u, --username=<username>       OMP username
  -w, --password=<password>       OMP password
  --config-file=<config-file>     Configuration file for connection parameters.
  -P, --prompt                    Prompt to exit.
  -O, --get-omp-version           Print OMP version.
  -n, --name=<name>               Name for create-task.
  -C, --create-task               Create a task.
  -m, --comment=<name>            Comment for create-task.
  -c, --config=<config>           Config for create-task.
  -r, --rc                        Create task with RC read from stdin.
  -t, --target=<target>           Target for create-task.
  -E, --delete-report             Delete one or more reports.
  -D, --delete-task               Delete one or more tasks.
  -R, --get-report                Get report of one task.
  -F, --get-report-formats        Get report formats. (OMP 2.0 only)
  -f, --format=<format>           Format for get-report.
  -G, --get-tasks                 Get status of one, many or all tasks.
  -g, --get-configs               Get configs.
  -T, --get-targets               Get targets.
  -i, --pretty-print              In combination with -X, pretty print the response.
  -S, --start-task                Start one or more tasks.
  -M, --modify-task               Modify a task.
  --file                          Add text in stdin as file on task.
  -X, --xml=<command>             XML command (e.g. "<help/>"").  "-" to read from stdin.
Some commands return elements in base64 encoding.
Here is an example how to extract such into a file:
omp -X '<help format="HTML"/>' | xmlstarlet sel -t -v /help_response/schema/text\(\) | base64 -d > omp.html
Configuration file of omp
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The configuration file ~/omp.config can be used to store connection parameter
like host, port, username and password. Alternatively, the connection
parameter can be passed with the respective options (e.g. --username, see
above) or read from a file specified with the --configfile option.
An exemplary configuration file looks like
[Connection]
host=localhost
port=9390
username=exampleuser
password=examplepassword
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