the nmap.nasl plugin can handle your nmap desires. You can find it at
http://www.nessus.org/documentation/index.php?doc=nmap-usage which is also
the first link out of googling "nmap nessus"

as for the command line scan, I forget exactly how it's done, but I believe
you can do this.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:36 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I was wondering if there was a way to run a nessus scan from start to end
> using the command-line. I need to script the running of a nessus scan on a
> regular basis and it would be nice to kick it off at the command-line and
> then have the results exported as an HTML file to a desired location at
> the end.
>
> Also, it is possible to import the results of an NMAP scan into nessus to
> avoid having to double scan hosts ? Seems like a waste if I've already
> scanned 65535 ports using NMAP.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
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