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LSHW(1)                                                                 LSHW(1)

NAME
       lshw - list hardware

SYNOPSIS
       lshw [ ‐version ]

       lshw [ ‐help ]

       lshw [ ‐X ]

       lshw  [   [ ‐html ]  [ ‐short ]  [ ‐xml ]  [ ‐json ]  [ ‐businfo ]  ]  [
       ‐dump filename ]  [ ‐class class... ]  [ ‐disable test... ]   [  ‐enable
       test... ]  [ ‐sanitize ]  [ ‐numeric ]  [ ‐quiet ]  [ ‐notime ]

DESCRIPTION
       lshw  is  a  small  tool to extract detailed information on the hardware
       configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory  configuration,
       firmware  version, mainboard configuration, CPU version and speed, cache
       configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI‐capable x86 or IA‐64  systems  and
       on some PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known to work).

       It currently supports DMI (x86 and IA‐64 only), OpenFirmware device tree
       (PowerPC only), PCI/AGP, CPUID (x86), IDE/ATA/ATAPI, PCMCIA (only tested
       on x86), SCSI and USB.

       ‐version
              Displays the version of lshw and exits.

       ‐help  Displays the available command line options and quits.

       ‐X     Launch the X11 GUI (if available).

       ‐html  Outputs the device tree as an HTML page.

       ‐xml   Outputs the device tree as an XML tree.

       ‐json  Outputs the device tree as a JSON object (JavaScript Object Nota‐
              tion).

       ‐short Outputs  the  device  tree showing hardware paths, very much like
              the output of HP‐UX’s ioscan.

       ‐businfo
              Outputs the device list showing bus information, detailing  SCSI,
              USB, IDE and PCI addresses.

       ‐dump filename
              Display output and dump collected information into a file (SQLite
              database).

       ‐class class
              Only  show  the given class of hardware. class can be found using
              lshw ‐short or lshw ‐businfo.

       ‐C class
              Alias for ‐class class.

       ‐enable test

       ‐disable test
              Enables or disables a test. test can be dmi (for  DMI/SMBIOS  ex‐
              tensions),  device‐tree  (for OpenFirmware device tree), spd (for
              memory Serial Presence Detect), memory (for memory‐size  guessing
              heuristics),  cpuinfo  (for kernel‐reported CPU detection), cpuid
              (for CPU detection), pci (for PCI/AGP access),  isapnp  (for  ISA
              PnP extensions), pcmcia (for PCMCIA/PCCARD), ide (for IDE/ATAPI),
              usb (for USB devices),scsi (for SCSI) or network (for network in‐
Title: lshw: List Hardware Command-Line Tool
Summary
This document describes the lshw (list hardware) command-line tool. lshw extracts detailed information about a machine's hardware configuration, reporting on memory, firmware, mainboard, CPU, cache, bus speed, and more. It supports various hardware interfaces like DMI, OpenFirmware, PCI/AGP, CPUID, IDE/ATA/ATAPI, PCMCIA, SCSI, and USB. The document details command-line options for output formatting (HTML, XML, JSON, short, businfo), filtering by hardware class, enabling/disabling tests, and other options.