Re: command line arguments with NSE

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 09:40:23PM +1100, Brendan Coles wrote:
> Hi SANTHO,
>
> I'm not sure if you want to specify a script using the command line or
> specify arguments for a script using the command line.
>
> Both are possible. To use the
> acarsd-info<http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/acarsd-info.html>script as
> an example:
>
> nmap --script acarsd-info --script-args
> "acarsd-info.timeout=10,acarsd-info.bytes=512" -p <port> <host>
>
> This will tell nmap to use the acarsd-info script only, with a timeout of
> 10 (seconds) and maximum of 512 bytes (to recieve).
>
> For more information about each of the script's arguments you can view the
> script source. Most scripts include the possible arguments in the @usage
> portion of the script headers. Alternatively the nsedoc
> wiki<http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/>includes the possible arguments
> for each script.

Also don't forget that Zenmap has a script browser that lists all the
possible arguments and lets you edit them.

http://nmap.org/book/zenmap-profile-editor.html#zenmap-profile-editor-scripting

David Fifield
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