lshw

Launch GUI (if available)

$ sudo lshw -X

$ sudo lshw -short

$ sudo lshw -class disk -class storage -short

$ sudo lshw -class network -html > network.html

$ sudo lshw -class network -sanitize

$ sudo lshw -class processor

lshw [-format] [-class class] [options]

lshw (Hardware Lister) extracts detailed information about the hardware configuration of the machine. It can report on memory, firmware, CPU, bus, disk, network, and other hardware configurations.

-class CLASS

Show only specified hardware class (can repeat)

Output hardware paths in compact tabular format

Output bus information

Launch graphical interface (if available)

Output as HTML

Output as XML

Output as JSON

Remove sensitive information (IPs, serials)

Output numeric IDs

Suppress status messages

Exclude timing information from output

Enable specific test

Disable specific test

system, bridge, memory, processor, address, storage, disk, tape, bus, network, display, input, printer, multimedia, communication, power, volume, generic

Requires root privileges for complete hardware information. Without root, some details may be missing or inaccurate.

lshw was developed by Lyonel Vincent as a comprehensive hardware information tool for Linux, providing more detail than basic tools.

dmidecode(8), hwinfo(8), inxi(1), lscpu(1)