220  cyclonedx-cli(1) - Kailash Tool Reference

220.1 cyclonedx-cli

cyclonedx-cli - CycloneDX CLI — SBOM validation, merging, diffs and format conversions.

Layer DEFENCE
Category d-04-provenance-signing-trust
Safety class safe
Licence Apache-2.0
Upstream github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-cli

220.1.1 NAME

cyclonedx-cli - CycloneDX CLI — SBOM validation, merging, diffs and format conversions.

220.1.2 SYNOPSIS & usage

Derived from the upstream README at generation time; verify against --help where the tool is installed.

analyze
  Analyze a BOM file

Usage:
  cyclonedx analyze [options]

Options:
  --input-file <input-file>                      Input BOM filename, will read from stdin if no value provided.
  --input-format <autodetect|json|protobuf|xml>  Specify input file format.
  --output-format <json|text>                    Specify output format (defaults to text).
  --multiple-component-versions                  Report components that have multiple versions in use.
convert
  Convert between different BOM formats

Usage:
  cyclonedx convert [options]

Options:
  --input-file <input-file>                                    Input BOM filename, will read from stdin if no value provided.
  --output-file <output-file>                                  Output BOM filename, will write to stdout if no value provided.
  --input-format <autodetect|csv|json|protobuf|spdxjson|xml>   Specify input file format.
  --output-format <autodetect|csv|json|protobuf|spdxjson|xml>  Specify output file format.
  --output-version <v1_0|v1_1|v1_2|v1_3|v1_4|v1_5|v1_6|v1_7>   Specify output BOM specification version. (ignored for CSV and SPDX formats)

220.1.3 DESCRIPTION (upstream)

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220.1.4 SEE ALSO

ref: pin - verified 2026-10-14