NAME

       clamdscan - scan files and directories for viruses using Clam AntiVirus Daemon

SYNOPSIS

       clamdscan [options] [file/directory]

DESCRIPTION

       clamdscan  is  a  clamd  client  which  may be used as a clamscan replacement. It accepts all the options
       implemented in clamscan but most of them will be ignored because its scanning abilities  only  depend  on
       clamd.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Display help information and exit.

       -V, --version
              Print version number and exit.

       -v, --verbose
              Be verbose.

       --quiet
              Be quiet - only output error messages.

       --stdout
              Write all messages (except for libclamav output) to the standard output (stdout).

       --config-file=FILE
              Read clamd settings from FILE.

       -l FILE, --log=FILE
              Save the scan report to FILE.

       -f FILE, --file-list=FILE
              Scan files listed line by line in FILE.

       -m, --multiscan
              In  the  multiscan  mode  clamd  will  attempt  to  scan  the directory contents in parallel using
              available threads. This option is especially useful on multiprocessor and multi-core  systems.  If
              you  pass more than one file or directory in the command line, they are put in a queue and sent to
              clamd individually. This means,  that  single  files  are  always  scanned  by  a  single  thread.
              Similarly,  clamdscan will wait for clamd to finish a directory scan (performed in multiscan mode)
              before sending request to scan another directory. This option can be combined with  --fdpass  (see
              below).

       -z, --allmatch
              After a match, continue scanning within the file for additional matches.

       --remove
              Remove infected files. Be careful.

       --move=DIRECTORY
              Move infected files into DIRECTORY.

       --no-summary
              Do not display summary at the end of scanning.

       --reload
              Request clamd to reload virus database.

       --fdpass
              Pass  the  file descriptor permissions to clamd. This is useful if clamd is running as a different
              user as it is faster than streaming the file to clamd.  Only available if connected to  clamd  via
              local(unix) socket.

       --stream
              Forces file streaming to clamd. This is generally not needed as clamdscan detects automatically if
              streaming is required. This option only exists for debugging and testing purposes,  in  all  other
              cases --fdpass is preferred.

EXAMPLES

       (0) To scan a one file:

              clamdscan file

       (1) To scan a current working directory:

              clamdscan

       (2) To scan all files in /home:

              clamdscan /home

       (3) To scan a file when clamd is running as a different user:

              clamdscan --fdpass ~/downloads

       (4) To scan from standard input:

              clamdscan - < file_to_scan

              cat file_to_scan | clamdscan -

RETURN CODES

       0 : No virus found.

       1 : Virus(es) found.

       2 : An error occurred.

CREDITS

       Please check the full documentation for credits.

AUTHOR

       Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>

SEE ALSO

       clamd(8), clamd.conf(5), clamscan(1)