diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1ed67e4..d943209 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Scope: - This guide is both for beginners and the experienced. The goals are *breadth* (everything important), *specificity* (give concrete examples of the most common case), and *brevity* (avoid things that aren't essential or digressions you can easily look up elsewhere). Every tip is essential in some situation or significantly saves time over alternatives. - This is written for Linux. Many but not all items apply equally to MacOS (or even Cygwin). - The focus is on interactive Bash, though many tips apply to other shells and to general Bash scripting. -- It includes both "standard" Unix commands as well as ones that require special package installs -- so long as they are important enough to merit inclusion. +- It includes both "standard" Unix commands as well as ones that require special package installs -- so long as they are important enough to merit inclusion. Notes: @@ -256,6 +256,15 @@ Notes: - Use `dmesg` whenever something's acting really funny (it could be hardware or driver issues). +## Using `dmidecode` to get hardware info + +- Information about system BIOS: `dmidecode -t bios` + +- Information about RAM slots and maximum supported RAM: `dmidecode -t memory` + +- Information about CPU: `dmidecode -t processor` + +Other possible keywords you can use to get info from `dmidecode` are `system`, `baseboard`, `chassis`, `cache`, `connector`, `slot` ## One-liners @@ -432,6 +441,10 @@ A few examples of piecing together commands: - `lshw`, `lscpu`, `lspci`, `lsusb`, `dmidecode`: hardware information, including CPU, BIOS, RAID, graphics, devices, etc. +- `lscpu`: Display information about the CPU architecture + +- `lsusb`: List USB devices + - `fortune`, `ddate`, and `sl`: um, well, it depends on whether you consider steam locomotives and Zippy quotations "useful" @@ -448,6 +461,6 @@ With the exception of very small tasks, code is written so others can read it. W ## License -[![Creative Commons License](https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) +[![Creative Commons License](https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).