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Scanning  Usage and Examples  While NSE has a complex
implementation for efficiency, it is strikingly easy to use.
Simply specify -sC to enable the most common scripts. Or specify
the --script option to choose your own scripts to execute by
providing categories, script file names, or the name of
directories full of scripts you wish to execute. You can
customize some scripts by providing arguments to them via the
--script-args and --script-args-file options. The --script-help
shows a description of what each selected script does. The two
remaining options, --script-trace and --script-updatedb, are
generally only used for script debugging and development. Script
scanning is also included as part of the -A (aggressive scan)
option.  Script scanning is normally done in combination with a
port scan, because scripts may be run or not