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From: Bob Sanders <rmsand@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Succinct compilation of system info...
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 05:27:31
Message-Id: 20051128212053.52c3b064@chi.speakeasy.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Succinct compilation of system info... by Harry Putnam
1 On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:31:28 -0600
2 Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
3
4
5 > I want straight command line so redirect is possible, but a thorough
6 > summary. Not just hdw or pci or usb. I want that but also what
7 > filesystems,
8
9 df -h
10 cat /etc/fstab
11
12 > which users,
13
14 cat /etc/passwd
15 cat /etc/group
16
17 > all installed software.
18
19 emerge -evt world
20
21 > How much data on
22 > which partitions,
23
24 du -hSx /
25 du -hSx /home
26 ...for each partition of interest. Probably need to do some sorting and summaries
27 with grep, sed, and awk.
28
29 > all devices broken down into their uses such as
30 > ethernet, disk controller etc etc.
31 >
32
33 lshw
34 -or-
35 lshw -short
36 lshw -businfo
37 lshw -html
38 etc.
39
40 > In general a full scope summary. It seems this would have been
41 > invented long ago, for the treasure trove it would supply to
42 > developers.
43 >
44
45 It was never hidden and has always been available. The commands, excepting
46 lshw, have been available since the 1970s. And lots of system inventory scripts
47 are in existance. Many written obscurely in Perl and other languages.
48
49 Bob
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