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hwinfo — Probe for the hardware present in the system. See also: `inxi`, `lshw`, `dmidecode`. More informatio

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Problem

How to use the hwinfo command: Probe for the hardware present in the system. See also: inxi, lshw, dmidecode. More information: <https://manpages.opensuse.org/hwinfo/hwinfo.8.en.html>.

Solution

hwinfo — Probe for the hardware present in the system. See also: inxi, lshw, dmidecode. More information: <https://manpages.opensuse.org/hwinfo/hwinfo.8.en.html>.

Display all available hardware information:

hwinfo

Display information about a specific hardware component:

hwinfo --{{cpu|memory|disk|gfxcard|network|usb|pci|keyboard|mouse|monitor|sound|fingerprint|...}}

Display information about a specific hardware component succinctly:

hwinfo {{--component}} --short

Write all hardware information to a file:

hwinfo --all --log {{path/to/file}}

Display help:

hwinfo --help

Code Snippets

Display all available hardware information

hwinfo

Display information about a specific hardware component

hwinfo --{{cpu|memory|disk|gfxcard|network|usb|pci|keyboard|mouse|monitor|sound|fingerprint|...}}

Display information about a specific hardware component succinctly

hwinfo {{--component}} --short

Write all hardware information to a file

hwinfo --all --log {{path/to/file}}

Display help

hwinfo --help

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tldr-pages: linux/hwinfo

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