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Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment - file integrity checker

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AIDE 0.19.5

Usage: aide [options] command

Commands:
  -i, --init		Initialize the database
  -n, --dry-init	Traverse the file system and match each file against rule tree
  -C, --check		Check the database
  -u, --update		Check and update the database non-interactively
  -E, --compare		Compare two databases
      --list		List the entries of the database in human readable format

Miscellaneous:
  -D,			--config-check			Test the configuration file
  -p FILE_TYPE:PATH	--path-check=FILE_TYPE:PATH	Match file type and path against rule tree
  -v,			--version			Show version of AIDE and compilation options
  -h,			--help				Show this help message

Options:
  -c CFGFILE	--config=CFGFILE	Get config options from CFGFILE
  -l REGEX	--limit=REGEX		Limit command to entries matching REGEX
  -B "OPTION"	--before="OPTION"	Before configuration file is read define OPTION
  -A "OPTION"	--after="OPTION"	After configuration file is read define OPTION
  -L LEVEL	--log-level=LEVEL	Set log message level to LEVEL
  -W WORKERS	--workers=WORKERS	Number of simultaneous workers (threads) for file attribute processing (i.a. hashsum calculation)
  		--no-progress		Turn progress off explicitly
  		--no-color		TUrn color off explicitly
Options (18)
OptionDescriptionSource
-i, --initInitialize the databasehelp
-n, --dry-initTraverse the file system and match each file against rule treehelp
-C, --checkCheck the databasehelp
-u, --updateCheck and update the database non-interactivelyhelp
-E, --compareCompare two databaseshelp
--listList the entries of the database in human readable formathelp
-D--config-check Test the configuration filehelp
-p FILE_TYPE:PATH--path-check=FILE_TYPE:PATH Match file type and path against rule treehelp
-v--version Show version of AIDE and compilation optionshelp
-h--help Show this help messagehelp
-c CFGFILE--config=CFGFILE Get config options from CFGFILEhelp
-l REGEX--limit=REGEX Limit command to entries matching REGEXhelp
-B "OPTION"--before="OPTION" Before configuration file is read define OPTIONhelp
-A "OPTION"--after="OPTION" After configuration file is read define OPTIONhelp
-L LEVEL--log-level=LEVEL Set log message level to LEVELhelp
-W WORKERS--workers=WORKERS Number of simultaneous workers (threads) for file attribute processing (i.a.help
--no-progressTurn progress off explicitlyhelp
--no-colorTUrn color off explicitlyhelp
Exit status (1) from the manual page
0no errors occurred

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