Hardware info from the command line

merry · Nov 2, 2006, 08:39 PM

My g/f needs some help with a linux task, and it's beyond my capability...

She is looking for a way to determine h/w info using command line utilities - number/type/frequency of processors, amount of RAM, motherboard, number/manufacturer of harddisks, type of VGA etc. This is for easy cataloguing the hardware on a number of servers in an institution, the person doing this should be able to gather as much info as possible in a short amount of time, also with "regular" commands (available on various distributions).

If you can help... please do

Thanks in advance

Erroneus · Nov 2, 2006, 10:11 PM

cat /proc/cpuinfo
cat /proc/meminfo

It doesn't show all, but it's a start

And there is proberly more options in the cat /proc/ , like devices, but not sure.

merry · Nov 2, 2006, 10:22 PM

Wow, that was quick, thanks

Looking forward for more input

Remeber folks, it's not for ugly me, but for my lovely g/f

UberLord · Nov 6, 2006, 11:12 AM

lspci is a good one, showing all pci connected devices and information. Look into the -l and -v options too.

As to type of harddisks and stuff, you can grep/sed dmesg (use /var/log/dmesg, not dmesg itself)
For example to list all ata connected disks
grep -E "^ata[0-9]+:" /var/log/dmesg
Or use hdparm

merry · Nov 6, 2006, 06:27 PM

Thanks, Uber, I've also found something called hwinfo. Alas, the system turned out to be OpenBSD...

I guess your suggestions will work, especially the grep/dmesg one should be global unix.

Nov 2, 2006, 08:39 PM	#1
merry gargouille Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 962 Rep Power: 0	Hardware info from the command line My g/f needs some help with a linux task, and it's beyond my capability... She is looking for a way to determine h/w info using command line utilities - number/type/frequency of processors, amount of RAM, motherboard, number/manufacturer of harddisks, type of VGA etc. This is for easy cataloguing the hardware on a number of servers in an institution, the person doing this should be able to gather as much info as possible in a short amount of time, also with "regular" commands (available on various distributions). If you can help... please do Thanks in advance __________________ There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't. ~~Leonard Cohen

Nov 2, 2006, 10:11 PM	#2
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	cat /proc/cpuinfo cat /proc/meminfo It doesn't show all, but it's a start And there is proberly more options in the cat /proc/ , like devices, but not sure. __________________

Nov 2, 2006, 10:22 PM	Thread Starter #3
merry gargouille Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 962 Rep Power: 0	Wow, that was quick, thanks Looking forward for more input Remeber folks, it's not for ugly me, but for my lovely g/f __________________ There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't. ~~Leonard Cohen

Nov 6, 2006, 11:12 AM	#4
UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	lspci is a good one, showing all pci connected devices and information. Look into the -l and -v options too. As to type of harddisks and stuff, you can grep/sed dmesg (use /var/log/dmesg, not dmesg itself) For example to list all ata connected disks grep -E "^ata[0-9]+:" /var/log/dmesg Or use hdparm __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts

Nov 6, 2006, 06:27 PM	Thread Starter #5
merry gargouille Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 962 Rep Power: 0	Thanks, Uber, I've also found something called hwinfo. Alas, the system turned out to be OpenBSD... I guess your suggestions will work, especially the grep/dmesg one should be global unix. __________________ There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't. ~~Leonard Cohen