Welcome to the Tenable Nessus and Tenable Agent Command Line Reference Guide

Last updated: August 22, 2025

This guide describes command line interface commands for Tenable Nessus and Tenable Agent.

The guide describes prerequisites, deployment options, and an installation walk-through, and assumes that you have a basic understanding of Unix and vulnerability scanning.

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