Linux/Show Hardware

Show Hardware Overview

hwinfo

hwinfo
hwinfo --short

lshw

lshw
lshw -short

lscpu

lscpu

inxi

inxi
inxi -F  # full output
inxi -Fxz  # -F full output, -x extra data, -z with filtering persoanl identifying information (eg. MAC/IP)

inxi -h  # help

Install with:

sudo apt install inxi

dmidecode

dmidecode

Show Hardware

Show CPU

lscpu
lshw -C cpu
lshw -C cpu | grep -i product
grep "model name" /proc/cpuinfo

lscpu | grep -i mhz
lscpu | grep -i bogo

# cpu usage
top
htop
vmstat 2

Show Memory

# total installed RAM
dmidecode -t memory | grep -i size
lshw -short -C memory
grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo

# max can install
dmidecode -t memory | grep -i max

# show empty slots
lshw -short -C memory | grep -i empty

# free memory
free -m

# memory usage
top
htop
vmstat 2

Show Motherboard

dmidecode
dmidecode -t bios

Show Network Adapter

lshw -C network

ifconfig -a
ip a  # or: ip addr

ip link show
netstat -i

# route tables
ip route | column -t
netstat -r

Show Video Adapter

lspci | grep -i vga

# show video ram
lspci -v -s 00:02.0

Show Disks

lshw -short -C disk
hdparm -i /dev/sda
fdisk -l

Show Partitions and File Systems

df -h
dh -m
lsblk
blkid

fdisk -l

cat /proc/partitions

Show USB Devices

lsusb

Show PCI Devices

lspci

Show OS Version

uname -a
cat /etc/os-release
head -n1 /etc/issue

References

• Linux commands to display your hardware information | Opensource.com - https://opensource.com/article/19/9/linux-commands-hardware-information
• What is the Linux command to find out hardware info? - Super User - https://superuser.com/questions/303981/what-is-the-linux-command-to-find-out-hardware-info