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

Last updated: March 19, 2026

This guide describes command line interface commands for Tenable Nessus and Tenable Agent, prerequisites, deployment options, and an installation walk-through. The guide assumes that you have a basic understanding of Unix and vulnerability scanning.

Tenable Nessus command line reference
Tenable Agent command line reference

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