EGK-TOOL(1)

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version 0.27.1 · 17 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ NAME ✨

egk-tool — bestie, this is the little cutie that displays information on the German electronic health card (elektronische Gesundheitskarte, aka eGK) 💳💖

It lives in the OpenSC Tools lineup, manual section 1. iykyk.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

egk-tool [OPTIONS]

That's it. That's the whole vibe. No positional args, just options, slay 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so listen. The egk-tool utility is literally the main character for one job and one job only: displaying information stored on the German electronic health card (elektronische Gesundheitskarte, the eGK). 🇩🇪💅

No cap, that's the whole thing. You point it at a card, it tells you what's on it. Periodt.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • --help, -h — Print help and exit. The classic "wait what does this do again" button 🫶
  • --version, -V — Print version and exit. Vibe check the build ✨
  • --reader arg, -r arg — Which reader to use, bestie. By default, the first reader with a present card is used. But if arg is an ATR, then the reader with a matching card gets chosen instead 🎯
  • --verbose, -v — Causes egk-tool to be more verbose. And like… specify this flag several times to be more verbose. Stack it. More -v, more tea ☕🔍

🩺 'Gesundheitsanwendung', Health Care Application (HCA) 🩺

This is the section where we peek at the actual health-care data. Consent era. 🌈

  • --pd — Show 'Persönliche Versichertendaten' (XML) 💖
  • --vd — Show 'Allgemeine Versichertendaten' (XML) 💖
  • --gvd — Show 'Geschützte Versichertendaten' (XML) 💖
  • --vsd-status — Show 'Versichertenstammdaten-Status' 💖

🌟 AUTHORS 🌟

egk-tool was written by Frank Morgner <frankmorgner@gmail.com> — shoutout to the icon who made this happen 🫡👑

fr fr, that's everything. Every flag, every XML, every ATR. Don't skip the --verbose, it's giving detective energy 🕵️♀️

k byeee — this page comes from opensc, dated 04/19/2026, and it's still EGK-TOOL(1) at heart 🎀💜

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