====== Ubuntu - Hardware - hwinfo ======

Hardware Information Tool (hwinfo) is a small utility created by OpenSUSE to gather information on system hardware.

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===== Probe for hardware information =====

<code bash>
sudo hwinfo
</code>

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===== Probe for all hardware information =====

<code bash>
sudo hwinfo +all
</code>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  This usually takes longer, but provides oodles of information.
</WRAP>

To shorten information to a more human-friendly format, add the **--short** option to the command:

<code bash>
sudo hwinfo --short all
</code>

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===== Specify a log file for hwinfo to write to =====

Use **log=**.

  * This is different from standard redirection, but should be used for hwinfo.

<code bash>
sudo hwinfo log=hardware.txt all
</code>

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