Command list for viewing hardware information in Linux

Command list for viewing hardware information in Linux
GuideMany commands can be used to view hardware information on Linux systems. Some commands can only print the specific hardware component information such as CPU and memory, and others can view the information of multiple hardware components.
This tutorial will show you the most common commands for viewing information about various hardware devices and configuration details.Lscpu

The lscpu command can view information about the CPU and processing unit. This command does not have any other options or functions.

lscpu

Run the command to view the following output:

Lspci

Lspci is another command line tool that can be used to list all PCI buses and the details of the devices connected to the PCI bus, for example, VGA adapter, video card, network adapter, usb port, and SATA controller.

lspci

You can see similar output information:

You can run the following command to filter out the information of a specific device:

lspci -v | grep "VGA" -A 12

Run the preceding command to view information about the video card:

Lshw

Lshw is a common tool that lists detailed or summary information about multiple hardware units, such as CPU, memory, usb controller, and hard disk. Lshw can extract relevant information from each "/proc" file.

lshw -short

Run the preceding command to view the following information:

Lsscsi

Run the following command to list information about scsi/sata devices such as hard disks and optical drives:

lsscsi

The output is similar to the following:

Lsusb

The lsusb command can list detailed information about the USB controller and the devices connected to the USB controller. By default, the lsusb command prints only the summary information. You can use the-v parameter to print the details of each usb port.

lsusb

The following output is displayed:

Df

The df command can list the summary information, mount points, used and available space of different partitions.

You can add the-H parameter when using the df command.

df -H

Free

You can use the free command to view the total number of idle and RAM resources in the system.

free -m

The following output is displayed.

Hdparm

The hdparm command can be used to display information about sata devices such as hard disks.

sudo hdparm

The following output is displayed:

Summary

Each Command has a different way to obtain hardware information. You can try different methods to view specific hardware information. All the above command line tools can be used in most Linux releases and can be easily obtained and installed from the repository.

Address: http://www.linuxprobe.com/linux-list-hardware-information-command.html