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List hardware components with BASH

For troubleshooting purposes you might need to list the hardware components via BASH.

This can be achieved via the following executables.

List all components:
lshw -short

Or individually:

List the installed hard drives (Brand, model).
lshw -class disk

View partition info, including RAID:
lsblk

View installed processor:
lscpu

List PCI card and controllers:
lspci

List main board Brand and model:
dmidecode -t 2

List network card:
lshw -short | grep network

List RAM modules and capacity:
dmidecode –type 17- see the “part number” and google the code.
Example:
Part Number: CT102464BA160B.C16 –> Crucible

Power supply:
dmidecode –type 39

Sensors information:
apt-get install lm-sensors
sensors-detect
sensors

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