<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2008 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Clamscan</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Clamscan"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="clamdoc"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2008"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="clamdoc.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node34.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node32.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node28.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node34.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <DIV CLASS="navigation"><!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html642" HREF="node34.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html638" HREF="node28.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html632" HREF="node32.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html640" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html643" HREF="node34.html">ClamBC</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html639" HREF="node28.html">Usage</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html633" HREF="node32.html">Clamdtop</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html641" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <BR> <BR></DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION00065000000000000000"> Clamscan</A> </H2> <code>clamscan</code> is ClamAV's command line virus scanner. It can be used to scan files and/or directories for viruses. In order for clamscan to work proper, the ClamAV virus database files must be installed on the system you are using clamscan on. <BR> <BR> The general usage of clamscan is: clamscan [options] [file/directory/-] <BR> <BR> For more detailed help, type 'man clamscan' or 'clamscan -help'. <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> Cisco 2018-02-01 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>