Utilities used to detect and provide information on hardware.
| Utility | Description |
|---|---|
| dmidecode | DMI (Desktop Management Interface) table related utilities. |
| hdparm | A command line utility to set and view ATA & SATA hard disk drive hardware parameters. |
| hwinfo | The hardware detection utility of OpenSUSE. |
| hw-probe | Probe for hardware, check its operability and upload result to the Linux hardware DB: https://linux-hardware.org |
| inxi | A system information script for IRC and system administrators. |
| libinput list-devices | List local devices as recognized by libinput. |
| lpinfo | Lists all printers and the available drivers (.ppd files). |
| lsinput | Small collection of linux input layer utils. |
| lshw | Generates a structured list of detected hardware and their features. |
| lspci | Includes command-line tools for identifying PCI system hardware. |
| lsusb | Includes command-line tools for identifying USB system hardware. |
| i2cdetect | I2C tools for bus probing, chip dumping, register-level access helpers, EEPROM decoding, and more. |
| sensors-detect | Detects temperature sensors |
| Scan modem | scanModem.sh is a script used for finding suited driver for connected modems. |