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hwinfo

probes for hardware present in the system and provides detailed information

TLDR

Display all hardware information
$ hwinfo
Display specific component info
$ hwinfo --cpu
Display component info briefly
$ hwinfo --disk --short
Write all info to file
$ hwinfo --all --log hardware.txt
Display memory information
$ hwinfo --memory
Display network devices
$ hwinfo --network

SYNOPSIS

hwinfo [--component] [--short] [--log file]

DESCRIPTION

hwinfo probes for hardware present in the system and provides detailed information about detected devices. It can report on individual components or all hardware at once.

PARAMETERS

--short

Show brief summary instead of full details
--all
Probe for all hardware
--log FILE
Write output to specified file
--debug LEVEL
Set debug level (0-255)
--dump-db LEVEL
Dump hardware database

HARDWARE COMPONENTS

--cpu: Processor information--memory: RAM and memory--disk: Hard drives and SSDs--partition: Disk partitions--network: Network adapters--gfxcard: Graphics cards--sound: Audio devices--usb: USB devices--pci: PCI devices--keyboard: Keyboards--mouse: Pointing devices--monitor: Display monitors--framebuffer: Framebuffer devices--cdrom: CD/DVD drives--bios: BIOS information--fingerprint: Fingerprint readers--bluetooth: Bluetooth devices

INSTALL

sudo apt install hwinfo
sudo dnf install hwinfo
sudo pacman -S hwinfo
sudo apk add hwinfo
sudo zypper install hwinfo
nix profile install nixpkgs#hwinfo

CAVEATS

Some hardware detection requires root privileges. Full probing (--all) can take significant time. The tool is primarily developed for openSUSE but works on other distributions.

HISTORY

hwinfo was developed by SUSE for hardware detection in Linux. It provides one of the most comprehensive hardware probing utilities available.

SEE ALSO

lshw(1), lspci(8), lsusb(8), dmidecode(8)

RESOURCES

Source code