GRML-HWINFO(1)

💖 GRML-HWINFO 💖

okay bestie, welcome to grml-hwinfo, the little command from the General Commands Manual that is literally just here to collect hardware information. that's it. that's the whole job. and it eats. 👑

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✨ NAME ✨

grml-hwinfo — collect hardware information 🖥️💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

grml-hwinfo [-d] [-f]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page documents, briefly, the grml-hwinfo command. keep it short, keep it cute. ✨

grml-hwinfo is a program that collects information regarding hardware. that's the vibe. it goes out, it snoops around your machine, it gathers the hardware tea, and it hands it back to you. no cap. 🫶

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -d — saves the collected data into a directory named grml-hwinfo-TIMESTAMP. a whole folder of hardware lore, just for you. 📁
• -f — saves the collected data into a tarball named grml-hwinfo-TIMESTAMP.tar.bz2. 🗜️ and listen, if you want both the directory and the tarball, you specify both flags together as -df. iconic combo behaviour, honestly.

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👑 RUNNING AS ROOT 👑

running this program as root makes it gather additional information. 🔥

that extra haul includes DMI, DDC, disk, partition tables and other data normally only available to root. so like, if you run it as your regular self you get the normal amount of info, and if you run it as root you get the VIP backstage pass version. main character energy, truly.

ngl bestie, root is root for a reason — it's not just for the extra data, it's got the power to do a lot. know what you're doing before you flex it. 💀

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

grml-hwinfo was written by Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>. 💖

this manual page was written by Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>, for the Grml project (but may be used by others). sharing is caring, periodt. 🌈

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and that's a wrap on the grml-hwinfo page from the General Commands Manual, last touched April 22, 2011, bestie. go collect some hardware info, slay, and remember: grml-hwinfo-TIMESTAMP.tar.bz2 is forever. 🎀✨🦋