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lshw is a hardware detection utility for Linux.

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USE flags

USE flags for sys-apps/lshw Hardware Lister

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Emerge

root #emerge --ask sys-apps/lshw

Usage

Invocation

root #lshw --help

Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.17
usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]
       lshw -version

        -version        print program version (B.02.17)

format can be
        -html           output hardware tree as HTML
        -xml            output hardware tree as XML
        -short          output hardware paths
        -businfo        output bus information

options can be
        -class CLASS    only show a certain class of hardware
        -C CLASS        same as '-class CLASS'
        -c CLASS        same as '-class CLASS'
        -disable TEST   disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
        -enable TEST    enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
        -quiet          don't display status
        -sanitize       sanitize output (remove sensitive information like serial numbers, etc.)
        -numeric        output numeric IDs (for PCI, USB, etc.)

See also

• pciutils - Userspace utilities for collecting information from the PCI bus.
• usbutils - Userspace utilities for collecting information from the USB bus.