Help using lshw on Linux Fedora

 

   Get help using lshw command on command line.  The example below show the output of lshw help file, the command lshw --help that execute on command line (shell) give you the output on simple help file on using lshw command.

 

lshw --help command example:

[root@fedora10 ~]# lshw --help

Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.13

usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]

       lshw -version

 

        -version        print program version (B.02.13)

 

format can be

        -html           output hardware tree as HTML

        -xml            output hardware tree as XML

        -short          output hardware paths

        -businfo        output bus information

 

options can be

        -class CLASS    only show a certain class of hardware

        -C CLASS        same as '-class CLASS'

        -c CLASS        same as '-class CLASS'

        -disable TEST   disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )

        -enable TEST    enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )

        -quiet          don't display status

        -sanitize       sanitize output (remove sensitive information like serial numbers, etc.)

        -numeric        output numeric IDs (for PCI, USB, etc.)

 

[root@fedora10 ~]#