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Hardware Information Commands for Linux System

Commands to get Hardware information

Category
Hardware info lshw, hwinfo, dmidecode, inxi
CPU Information lscpu,cat /proc/cpuinfo, dmidecode -t processor, hwinfo --cpu, lshw -class processor, cpuid, ls /sys/devices/system/cpu
Memory Information lsmem, cat /proc/meminfo, dmidecode -t memory, hwinfo --memory
Disk Information lsblk, blkid, sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda, hwinfo --disk, sudo lshw -class disk -class storage, inxi -D
Motherboard cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_{vendor,name,version}, sudo lshw -short, sudo dmidecode -t 2, sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-manufacturer, sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-product-name, sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-version, sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-serial-number
PCI lspci, sudo lshw -class bridge, sudo hwinfo --pci, sudo dmidecode -t slot,
USB lsusb, inxi -xU
BIOS sudo dmidecode -t bios, sudo hwinfo --bios, sudo lshw \| grep -A8 '*-firmware, sudo biosdecode

Using lshw

lshw -c CLASS

List of CLASS: system, bus, memory, processor, bridge,input, communication, generic, network

:::info Get output in different formats by using flag -html -json -xml
Get the summary or output in short -short :::

Using hwinfo

hwinfo --option
**List of options:** all, arch, bios, block, bluetooth, braille, bridge, camera, cdrom, chipcard, cpu, disk, dsl, dvb, fingerprint, floppy, framebuffer, gfxcard, hub, ide, isapnp, isdn, joystick, keyboard, memory, mmc-ctrl, modem, monitor, mouse, netcard, network, partition, pci, pcmcia, pcmcia-ctrl, pppoe, printer, redasd, reallyall, scanner, scsi, smp, sound, storage-ctrl, sys, tape, tv, uml, usb, usb-ctrl, vbe, wlan, xen, zip

:::info To get out put in short use flag --short :::

Using dmidecode

sudo dmidecode -s STRING

sudo dmidecode -t TYPE
**STRING** bios-vendor, bios-version, bios-release-date, bios-revision, firmware-revision, system-manufacturer, system-product-name, system-version, system-serial-number, system-uuid, system-sku-number, system-family, baseboard-manufacturer, baseboard-product-name, baseboard-version, baseboard-asset-tag, chassis-manufacturer, chassis-type, chassis-version, chassis-serial-number, chassis-asset-tag, processor-family, processor-manufacturer, processor-version, processor-frequency
**Type** bios, system, baseboard, chassis, processor, memory, cache, connector, slot

Using inxi

inxi -FLAGS

Flags for System Information: -b or --basic, -i or --info , -M or --machine , -S or --system

Flags for CPU information: -C or --cpu , -f or --flags -t c

Flags for memory information: -m or --memory , -t m , -j or --swap

Flags for network information: -i or --ip , -n or --network-advanced , -N or --network

Flags for disk information: -d or --disk-full , - D or --disk , -J or --usb , -l or --label , -L or --logical , -o or --unmounted , -p or --partitions-full, -R or --raid

**Other Flags:** `-A` or `--audio` for audio devices `-B` or `--battery` for battery `-E` or `--bluetooth` for Bluetooth devices `-G` or `--graphics` for Graphic Card `-r` or `--repos` for repositories

Other Options:

  • -c XX or --color XX Here XX can be from 0 to 42 or 94 to 99 (depending on the color schema we want)
  • -s or --sensors get sensor information
  • -v X or --verbose X X is a value from 0 to 8 (based on the detail depth choose from 0 to 8)