Check common information about Linux system
In this post, I summarize a bunch of common command line tools for checking common information about your Linux system, including hardware architecture, CPU, Linux distribution, peripherals such PCI, USB and block devices, etc.
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arch
: print machine hardware name. e.g. x86_64 -
uname
: print system information, which includes-
kernel name e.g. Linux
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kernel release e.g. 4.19.0-18-amd64
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machine hardware name e.g. x86_64
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operating system e.g. GNU/Linux
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network node hostname
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processor type
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hardware platform
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hostname
: display the hostname -
lscpu
: display CPU information -
lsmem
: list the ranges of available memory with their online status -
xrandr
: print the information of connected screens and their supported modes -
lspci
: list all PCI devices -
lsusb
: list USB devices -
lsb_release
: print LSB (Linux Standard Base) and distribution-specific information-
version of LSB
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distributor ID e.g. Debian
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release number e.g. 10
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code name e.g. buster
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lsmod
: print the loaded kernel modules -
lsblk
: list block devices
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