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	<h1 class="topictitle1">Use <span class="keyword" id="keyword_cf_121672959477117"><a name="keyword_cf_121672959477117"><!-- --></a>Sophos Anti-Virus</span> from Terminal</h1>

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		<div class="section" id="task_4C4FF5EC9BFB41A99413849AC68C1919__context_AC54D48C42B14E3EB8B9491B412F9C99"><a name="task_4C4FF5EC9BFB41A99413849AC68C1919__context_AC54D48C42B14E3EB8B9491B412F9C99"><!-- --></a>You can run a scan from Terminal, Mac OS X’s command-line
interface. To display the command-line Help for this feature:</div>

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			<li class="stepexpand" id="task_4C4FF5EC9BFB41A99413849AC68C1919__step_BE3A6AFB3AC04FCAB66B88A1ECF782E3"><a name="task_4C4FF5EC9BFB41A99413849AC68C1919__step_BE3A6AFB3AC04FCAB66B88A1ECF782E3"><!-- --></a><span>Open Terminal.</span>
				 To do this, find the folder <span class="filepath">/Applications/Utilities</span> and double-click <span class="filepath">Terminal</span>.</li>
<li class="stepexpand" id="task_4C4FF5EC9BFB41A99413849AC68C1919__step_4CA8655B2DD24534BBB3B0AF59E72078"><a name="task_4C4FF5EC9BFB41A99413849AC68C1919__step_4CA8655B2DD24534BBB3B0AF59E72078"><!-- --></a><span>At the command prompt, type:</span> <pre><kbd class="userinput">sweep -h</kbd></pre>
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