Normal Output (-oN)

Normal Output (`-oN`)

Normal output is printed to a file when the -oN option is specified with a filename argument. It is similar to interactive output, except that notes which lose relevance once a scan completes are removed. It is assumed that the file will be read after Nmap completes, so estimated completion times and new open port alerts are redundant to the actual completion time and the ordered port table. Since output may be saved a long while and reviewed among many other logs, Nmap prints the execution time, command-line arguments, and Nmap version number on the first line. A similar line at the end of a scan divulges final timing and a host count. Those two lines begin with a pound character to identify them as comments. If your application must parse normal output rather than XML/grepable formats, ensure that it ignores comments that it doesn't recognize rather than treating them as an error and aborting. Example 13.7 is a typical example of normal output. Note that -oN - was used to prevent interactive output and send normal output straight to stdout.

Example 13.7. A typical example of normal output

# nmap -T4 -A -p- -oN - scanme.nmap.org
# Nmap 5.35DC18 scan initiated Sun Jul 18 15:33:26 2010 as: ./nmap -T4 -A -oN - scanme.nmap.org
Nmap scan report for scanme.nmap.org (64.13.134.52)
Host is up (0.045s latency).
Not shown: 993 filtered ports
PORT      STATE  SERVICE VERSION
22/tcp    open   ssh     OpenSSH 4.3 (protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey: 1024 60:ac:4d:51:b1:cd:85:09:12:16:92:76:1d:5d:27:6e (DSA)
|_2048 2c:22:75:60:4b:c3:3b:18:a2:97:2c:96:7e:28:dc:dd (RSA)
25/tcp    closed smtp
53/tcp    open   domain
70/tcp    closed gopher
80/tcp    open   http    Apache httpd 2.2.3 ((CentOS))
| http-methods: Potentially risky methods: TRACE
|_See http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/http-methods.html
|_html-title: Go ahead and ScanMe!
113/tcp   closed auth
31337/tcp closed Elite
Device type: general purpose
Running: Linux 2.6.X
OS details: Linux 2.6.13 - 2.6.31, Linux 2.6.18
Network Distance: 13 hops

TRACEROUTE (using port 80/tcp)
HOP RTT       ADDRESS
[Cut first 10 hops for brevity]
11  45.16 ms  layer42.car2.sanjose2.level3.net (4.59.4.78)
12  43.97 ms  xe6-2.core1.svk.layer42.net (69.36.239.221)
13  45.15 ms  scanme.nmap.org (64.13.134.52)

OS and Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at http://nmap.org/submit/ .
# Nmap done at Sun Jul 18 15:33:48 2010 -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 22.47 seconds

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Normal Output (`-oN`)