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NAME
inxi - Command line system information script for console and IRC
SYNOPSIS
inxi
inxi [-AbBCdDEfFGhiIjJlLmMnNopPrRsSuUVwyYzZ]
inxi [-c -NUMBER] [--sensors-exclude SENSORS] [--sensors-use SENSORS] [-t
[c|m|cm|mc][NUMBER]] [-v NUMBER] [-W LOCATION] [--weather-unit {m|i|mi|im}] [-y WIDTH]
inxi [--edid] [--memory-modules] [--memory-short] [--recommends] [--sensors-default]
[--slots]
inxi [-x|-xx|-xxx|-a] -OPTION(s)
All short form options have long form variants - see below for these and more advanced
options.
DESCRIPTION
inxi is a command line system information script built for console and IRC. It is also
used a debugging tool for forum technical support to quickly ascertain users' system
configurations and hardware. inxi shows system hardware, CPU, drivers, Xorg, Desktop,
Kernel, gcc version(s), Processes, RAM usage, and a wide variety of other useful
information.
inxi output varies depending on whether it is being used on CLI or IRC, with some default
filters and color options applied only for IRC use. Script colors can be turned off if
desired with -c 0, or changed using the -c color options listed in the STANDARD OPTIONS
section below.
PRIVACY AND SECURITY
In order to maintain basic privacy and security, inxi used on IRC automatically filters
out your network device MAC address, WAN and LAN IP, your /home username directory in
partitions, and a few other items.
Because inxi is often used on forums for support, you can also trigger this filtering with
the -z option (-Fz, for example). To override the IRC filter, you can use the -Z option.
This can be useful in debugging network connection issues online in a private chat, for
example.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
This man page is pretty long and information packed. It is divided into the following
sections:
* USING OPTIONS How to use the command line options.
* STANDARD OPTIONS Primary data types trigger items.
* FILTER OPTIONS Apply a variety of output filters.
* OUTPUT CONTROL OPTIONS Change default colors, widths, heights, output types, etc.
* EXTRA DATA OPTIONS What -x, -xx, and -xxx add to the output per primary data type.
* ADMIN EXTRA DATA OPTIONS What -a adds to the output per primary data type. These have a
lot of information because this is advanced admin data, which are not always intuitive or
easy to understand.
* ADVANCED OPTIONS Modify behavior or choice of data sources, and other advanced switches.
* DEBUGGING OPTIONS For development use mainly, or contributing datasets to the project.
* DEBUGGING OPTIONS TO DEBUG DEBUGGER FAILURES Only for advanced users, sometimes
something will hang the debuggers, this shows you various ways to get around those
failures.
* SUPPORTED IRC CLIENTS List of known good IRC clients. Not checked often, let us know if
something is not working.
* RUNNING IN IRC CLIENT How to run inxi in various IRC clients.
* CONFIGURATION FILE Configuration file locations and priority in using.
* CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Most of the commonly used configuration options, along with sample
values.
* BUGS How and where to report bugs.
* HOMEPAGE, AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS TO CODE, SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING These are
self explanitory.
USING OPTIONS
Options can be combined if they do not conflict. You can either group the letters together
or separate them.
Letters with numbers can have no gap or a gap at your discretion, except when using -t.
Note that if you use an option that requires an additional argument, that must be last in
the short form group of options. Otherwise you can use those separately as well.
For example: inxi -AG | inxi -A -G | inxi -b | inxi -c10 | inxi -FxxzJy90 | inxi -bay
Note that all the short form options have long form equivalents, which are listed below.
However, usually the short form is used in examples in order to keep things simple.
STANDARD OPTIONS
-A , --audio
Show Audio/sound device(s) information, including device driver. Show running sound
server(s). See -xxA to show all sound servers detected.
-b , --basic
Show basic output, short form. Same as: inxi -v 2
-B , --battery
Show system battery (ID-x) data, charge, condition, plus extra information (if
battery present). Uses /sys or, for BSDs without systctl battery data, use
--dmidecode to force its use. dmidecode does not have very much information, and
none about current battery state/charge/voltage. Supports multiple batteries when
using /sys or sysctl data.
Note that for charge:, the output shows the current charge, as well as its value as
a percentage of the available capacity, which can be less than the original design
capacity. In the following example, the actual current available capacity of the
battery is 22.2 Wh.
charge: 20.1 Wh (95.4%)
The condition: item shows the remaining available capacity / original design
capacity, and then this figure as a percentage of original capacity available in
the battery.
condition: 22.2/36.4 Wh (61%)
With -x, or if voltage difference is critical, volts: item shows the current
voltage, and the min: voltage. Note that if the current is below the minimum listed
the battery is essentially dead and will not charge. Test that to confirm, but
that's technically how it's supposed to work.
volts: 12.0 min: 11.4
With -x shows attached Device-x information (mouse, keyboard, etc.) if they are
battery powered.
--bluetooth
See -E.
-c , --color
See OUTPUT CONTROL OPTIONS.
-C , --cpu
Show full CPU output (if each item available): basic CPU topology, model, type, L2
cache, average speed of all cores (if > 1 core, otherwise speed of the core),
min/max speeds for CPU, and per CPU clock speed. More data available with -x, -xxx,
and -a options.
Explanation of CPU type (type: MT MCP) abbreviations:
* AMCP - Asymmetric Multi Core Processor. More than 1 core per CPU, and more than
one core type (single and multithreaded cores in the same CPU).
* AMP - Asymmetric Multi Processing (more than 1 physical CPU, but not identical in
terms of core counts or min/max speeds).
* MT - Multi/Hyper Threaded CPU (more than 1 thread per core, previously HT).
* MST - Multi and Single Threaded CPU (a CPU with both Single and Multi Threaded
cores).
* MCM - Multi Chip Model (more than 1 die per CPU).
* MCP - Multi Core Processor (more than 1 core per CPU).
* SMP - Symmetric Multi Processing (more than 1 physical CPU).
* UP - Uni (single core) Processor.
Note that min/max: speeds are not necessarily true in cases of overclocked CPUs or
CPUs in turbo/boost mode. See -Ca for alternate base/boost: speed data, more
granular cache data, and more.
Sample:
CPU:
Info: 2x 8-core model: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP SMP
cache: L2: 2x 2 MiB (4 MiB)
Speed (MHz): avg: 1601 min/max: 1200/3000 cores: 1: 1280 2: 1595 3: 1416
... 32: 1634
-d , --disk-full,--optical
Show optical drive data as well as -D hard drive data. With -x, adds a feature line
to the output. Also shows floppy disks if present. Note that there is no current
way to get any information about the floppy device that we are aware of, so it will
simply show the floppy ID without any extra data. -xx adds a few more features.
-D , --disk
Show Hard Disk info. Shows total disk space and used percentage. The disk used
percentage includes space used by swap partition(s), since those are not usable for
data storage. Also, unmounted partitions are not counted in disk use percentages
since inxi has no access to the used amount.
If the system has RAID or other logical storage, and if inxi can determine the size
of those vs their components, you will see the storage total raw and usable sizes,
plus the percent used of the usable size. The no argument short form of inxi will
show only the usable (or total if no usable) and used percent. If there is no
logical storage detected, only total: and used: will show. Sample (with RAID
logical size calculated):
Local Storage: total: raw: 5.49 TiB usable: 2.80 TiB used: 1.35 TiB (48.3%)
Without logical storage detected:
Local Storage: total: 2.89 TiB used: 1.51 TiB (52.3%)
Also shows per disk information: Disk ID, type (if present), vendor (if detected),
model, and size. See Extra Data Options (-x options) and Admin Extra Data Options
(--admin options) for many more features.
-E, --bluetooth
Show bluetooth device(s), drivers. Show Report: with HCI ID, state, address per
device (requires bt-adapter or hciconfig), and if available (hciconfig only)
bluetooth version (bt-v). See Extra Data Options for more.
If bluetooth shows as status: down, shows bt-service: state and rfkill software and
hardware blocked states, and rfkill ID.
Note that Report-ID: indicates that the HCI item was not able to be linked to a
specific device, similar to IF-ID: in -n.
If your internal bluetooth device does not show, it's possible that it has been
disabled, if you try enabling it using for example:
hciconfig hci0 up
and it returns a blocked by RF-Kill error, you can do one of these:
connmanctl enable bluetooth
or
rfkill list bluetooth
rfkill unblock bluetooth
--edid
Triggers full EDID data in Graphics, activates -G and -a.
- Adds monitor chromacity (chroma: red:..green:...blue:...white:).
- Shows all available monitor modes if > 2 present, in comma separated list.
- Shows EDID errors and warnings if any present.
--filter, -z
See FILTER OPTIONS.
-f , --flags
Show all CPU flags used, not just the short list. Not shown with -F in order to
avoid spamming. ARM CPUs: show features items.
-F , --full
Show Full output for inxi. Includes all Upper Case line letters (except -J and -W)
plus --swap, -s and -n. Does not show extra verbose options such as -d -f -i -J -l
-m -o -p -r -t -u -x unless you use those arguments in the command, e.g.: inxi
-Frmxx
--gpu Deprecated. See -G -a.
-G , --graphics
Show Graphic device(s) information, including details of device and display drivers
(X: loaded:, and, if applicable: unloaded:, failed:, and active gpu: drivers),
display protocol (if available), display server (and/or Wayland compositor), vendor
and version number, e.g.:
Display: x11 server: Xorg v: 1.15.1
or
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.20.1 with: Xwayland v: 20.1
If protocol is not detected, shows:
Display: server: Xorg 1.15.1
Also shows screen resolution(s) (per monitor/X screen). For X.org: OpenGL renderer,
OpenGL core profile version/OpenGL version; for VESA: data (for Xvesa); for
Wayland: GBM/EGL data (not implemented).
Compositor information will show if detected using -xx option or always if detected
and Wayland since the compositor is the server with Wayland.
-Gxx shows monitor data as well, if detected. --edid shows advanced monitor data
(full modes, chroma, etc.).
-h , --help
The help menu. Features dynamic sizing to fit into terminal window. Set script
global COLS_MAX_CONSOLE if you want a different default value, or use -y <width> to
temporarily override the defaults or actual window width.
-i , --ip
Show WAN IP address and local interfaces (latter requires ifconfig or ip network
tool), as well as network output from -n. Not shown with -F for user security
reasons. You shouldn't paste your local/WAN IP. Shows both IPv4 and IPv6 link IP
addresses.
-I , --info
Show Information: processes, uptime, memory, IRC client (or shell type if run in
shell, not IRC), inxi version. See -Ix, -Ixx, and -Ia for extra information (init
type/version, runlevel/target, packages).
Note: if -m is used or triggered, the memory item will show in the main Memory:
report of -m, not in Info:.
Raspberry Pi only: uses vcgencmd get_mem gpu to get gpu RAM amount, if user is in
video group and vcgencmd is installed. Uses this result to increase the Memory:
amount and used: amounts.
-j, --swap
Shows all active swap types (partition, file, zram). When this option is used, swap
partition(s) will not show on the -P line to avoid redundancy.
To show partition labels or UUIDs (when available and relevant), use with -l or -u.
-J , --usb
Show USB data for attached Hubs and Devices. Hubs also show number of ports. Be
aware that a port is not always external, some may be internal, and either used or
unused (for example, a motherboard USB header connector that is not used).
Hubs and Devices are listed in order of BusID.
BusID is generally in this format: BusID-port[.port][.port]:DeviceID
Device ID is a number created by the kernel, and has no necessary ordering or
sequence connection, but can be used to match this output to lsusb values, which
generally shows BusID / DeviceID (except for tree view, which shows ports).
Examples: Device-3: 4-3.2.1:2 or Hub: 4-0:1
The rev: 2.0 item refers to the USB revision number, like 1.0 or 3.1.
-l , --label
Show partition labels. Use with -j, -o, -p, and -P to show partition labels. Does
nothing without one of those options.
Sample: -ojpl.
-L, --logical
Show Logical volume information, for LVM, LUKS, bcache, etc. Shows size, free space
(for LVM VG). For LVM, shows Device-[xx]: VG: (Volume Group) size/free, LV-[xx]
(Logical Volume). LV shows type, size, and components. Note that components are
made up of either containers (aka, logical devices), or physical devices. The full
report requires doas/sudo/root.
Logical block devices can be thought of as devices that are made up out of either
other logical devices, or physical devices. inxi does its best to show what each
logical device is made out of. RAID devices form a subset of all possible Logical
devices, but have their own section, -R.
If -R is used with -Lxx, -Lxx will not show RAID information for LVM RAID devices
since it's redundant. If -R is not used, a simple RAID line will appear for LVM
RAID in -Lxx.
-Lxx also shows all components and devices. Note that since components can go in
many levels, each level per primary component is indicated by either another 'c',
or ends with a 'p' device, the physical device. The number of c's or p's indicates
the depth, so you can see which component belongs to which.
-L shows only the top level components/devices (like -R). -La shows
component/device size, maj:min ID, mapped name (if applicable), and puts each
component/device on its own line.
Sample:
Device-10: mybackup type: LUKS dm: dm-28 size: 6.36 GiB Components:
c-1: md1 cc-1: dm-26 ppp-1: sdj2 cc-2: dm-27 ppp-1: sdk2
LV-5: lvm_raid1 type: raid1 dm: dm-16 size: 4.88 GiB
RAID: stripes: 2 sync: idle copied: 100% mismatches: 0
Components: c-1: dm-10 pp-1: sdd1 c-2: dm-11 pp-1: sdd1 c-3: dm-13
pp-1: sde1 c-4: dm-15 pp-1: sde1
It is easier to follow the flow of components and devices using -y1. In this
example, there is one primary component (c-1), md1, which is made up of two
components (cc-1,2), dm-26 and dm-27. These are respectively made from physical
devices (p-1) sdj2 and sdk2.
Device-10: mybackup
maj-min: 254:28
type: LUKS
dm: dm-28
size: 6.36 GiB
Components:
c-1: md1
maj-min: 9:1
size: 6.37 GiB
cc-1: dm-26
maj-min: 254:26
mapped: vg5-level1a
size: 12.28 GiB
ppp-1: sdj2
maj-min: 8:146
size: 12.79 GiB
cc-2: dm-27
maj-min: 254:27
mapped: vg5-level1b
size: 6.38 GiB
ppp-1: sdk2
maj-min: 8:162
size: 12.79 GiB
Other types of logical block handling like LUKS, bcache show as:
Device-[xx] [name/id] type: [LUKS|Crypto|bcache]:
-m , --memory
Memory (RAM) data. Does not display with -b or -F unless you use -m explicitly.
Ordered by system board physical system memory array(s) (Array-[number]), and
individual memory devices (Device-[number]). Physical memory array data shows
array capacity, number of devices supported, and Error Correction information.
Devices shows locator data (highly variable in syntax), type (eg: type: DDR3)size,
speed.
Note: -m uses dmidecode, which must be run as root (or start inxi with doas/sudo),
unless you figure out how to set up doas/sudo to permit dmidecode to read /dev/mem
as user. speed and bus-width will not show if No Module Installed is found in size.
Note: If -m is triggered RAM total/used report will appear in this section, not in
-I or -tm items.
Because dmidecode data is extremely unreliable, inxi will try to make best guesses.
If you see (check) after the capacity number, you should check it with the
specifications. (est) is slightly more reliable, but you should still check the
real specifications before buying RAM. Unfortunately there is nothing inxi can do
to get truly reliable data about the system RAM; maybe one day the kernel devs will
put this data into /sys, and make it real data, taken from the actual system, not
dmi data. For most people, the data will be right, but a significant percentage of
users will have either a wrong max module size, if present, or max capacity.
Under dmidecode, Speed: is the expected speed of the memory (what is advertised on
the memory spec sheet) and Configured Clock Speed: is what the actual speed is now.
To handle this, if speed and configured speed values are different, you will see
this instead:
speed: spec: [specified speed] MT/S actual: [actual] MT/S
Also, if DDR, and speed in MHz, will change to: speed: [speed] MT/S ([speed] MHz)
If the detected speed is logically absurd, like 1 MT/s or 69910 MT/s, adds: note:
check. Sample:
Memory:
RAM: total: 31.38 GiB used: 20.65 GiB (65.8%)
Array-1: capacity: N/A slots: 4 note: check EC: N/A
Device-1: DIMM_A1 type: DDR3 size: 8 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s (800 MHz)
Device-2: DIMM_A2 type: DDR3 size: 8 GiB speed: spec: 1600 MT/s (800 MHz)
actual: 61910 MT/s (30955 MHz) note: check
Device-3: DIMM_B1 type: DDR3 size: 8 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s (800 MHz)
Device-4: DIMM_B2 type: DDR3 size: 8 GiB speed: spec: 1600 MT/s (800 MHz)
actual: 2 MT/s (1 MHz) note: check
See --memory-modules and --memory-short if you want a shorter report.
--memory-modules, --mm
Memory (RAM) data. Show only RAM arrays and modules in Memory report. Skip empty
slots. See -m.
--memory-short, --ms
Memory (RAM) data. Show a one line RAM report in Memory. See -m.
Sample: Report: arrays: 1 slots: 4 modules: 2 type: DDR4
-M , --machine
Show machine data. Device, Motherboard, BIOS, and if present, System Builder (Like
Lenovo). Older systems/kernels without the required /sys data can use dmidecode
instead, run as root. If using dmidecode, may also show BIOS/UEFI revision as well
as version. --dmidecode forces use of dmidecode data instead of /sys. Will also
attempt to show if the system was booted by BIOS, UEFI, or UEFI [Legacy], the
latter being legacy BIOS boot mode in a system board using UEFI.
Device information requires either /sys or dmidecode. Note that other-vm? is a type
that means it's usually a VM, but inxi failed to detect which type, or positively
confirm which VM it is. Primary VM identification is via systemd-detect-virt but
fallback tests that should also support some BSDs are used. Less commonly used or
harder to detect VMs may not be correctly detected. If you get an incorrect output,
post an issue and we'll get it fixed if possible.
Due to unreliable vendor data, device type will show: desktop, laptop, notebook,
server, blade, plus some obscure stuff that inxi is unlikely to ever run on.
-n , --network-advanced
Show Advanced Network device information in addition to that produced by -N. Shows
interface, speed, MAC ID, state, etc.
-N , --network
Show Network device(s) information, including device driver. With -x, shows Bus ID,
Port number.
--nvidia, --nv
Deprecated. See -Ga.
-o , --unmounted
Show unmounted partition information (includes UUID and LABEL if available). Shows
file system type if you have lsblk installed (Linux only). For BSD/GNU Linux: shows
file system type if file is installed, and if you are root or if you have added to
/etc/sudoers (sudo v. 1.7 or newer):
<username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/file (sample)
doas users: see man doas.conf for setup.
Does not show components (partitions that create the md-raid array) of md-raid
arrays.
To show partition labels or UUIDs (when available and relevant), use with -l or -u.
-p , --partitions-full
Show full Partition information (-P plus all other detected mounted partitions).
To show partition labels or UUIDs (when available and relevant), use with -l or -u.
-P , --partitions
Show basic Partition information. Shows, if detected: / /boot /boot/efi /home /opt
/tmp /usr /usr/home /var /var/tmp /var/log (for android, shows /cache /data
/firmware /system). If --swap is not used, shows active swap partitions (never
shows file or zram type swap). Use -p to see all mounted partitions.
To show partition labels or UUIDs (when available and relevant), use with -l or -u.
--processes
See -t.
-r , --repos
Show distro repository data. Currently supported repo types:
APK (Alpine Linux + derived versions)
APT (Debian, Ubuntu + derived versions, as well as RPM based APT distros like
PCLinuxOS or Alt-Linux)
CARDS (NuTyX + derived versions)
EOPKG (Solus)
NIX (NixOS + other distros as alternate package manager)
PACMAN (Arch Linux, KaOS + derived versions)
PACMAN-G2 (Frugalware + derived versions)
PISI (Pardus + derived versions)
PKG (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD + derived OS types)
PORTAGE (Gentoo, Sabayon + derived versions)
PORTS (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD + derived OS types)
SCRATCHPKG (Venom + derived versions)
SLACKPKG (Slackware + derived versions)
TCE (TinyCore)
URPMI (Mandriva, Mageia + derived versions)
XBPS (Void)
YUM/ZYPP (Fedora, Red Hat, Suse + derived versions)
More will be added as distro data is collected. If yours is missing please show us
how to get this information and we'll try to add it.
See -rx, -rxx, and -ra for installed package count information.
-R , --raid
Show RAID data. Shows RAID devices, states, levels, device/array size, and
components. See extra data with -x / -xx.
md-raid: If device is resyncing, also shows resync progress line.
Note: supported types: lvm raid, md-raid, softraid, ZFS, and hardware RAID. Other
software RAID types may be added, if the software RAID can be made to give the
required output.
The component ID numbers work like this: mdraid: the numerator is the actual mdraid
component number; lvm/softraid/ZFS: the numerator is auto-incremented counter only.
Eg. Online: 1: sdb1
If hardware RAID is detected, shows basic information. Due to complexity of adding
hardware RAID device disk / RAID reports, those will only be added if there is
demand, and reasonable reporting tools.
--recommends
Checks inxi application dependencies and recommends, as well as directories, then
shows what package(s) you need to install to add support for each feature.
-s , --sensors
Show output from sensors if sensors installed/configured: Motherboard/CPU/GPU
temperatures; detected fan speeds. GPU temperature when available. Nvidia shows
screen number for multiple screens. IPMI sensors are also used (root required) if
present. See Advanced options --sensors-use or --sensors-exclude if you want to use
only a subset of all sensors, or exclude one.
--slots
Show PCI slots with type, speed, and status information.
--swap
See -j
-S , --system
Show System information: host name, kernel, desktop environment (if in X), distro.
With -xx show dm - or startx - (only shows if present and running if out of X), and
if in X, with -xxx show more desktop info, e.g. taskbar or panel.
-t , --processes
[c|m|cm|mc NUMBER] Show processes. If no arguments, defaults to cm. If followed by
a number, shows that number of processes for each type (default: 5; if in IRC, max:
5)
Make sure that there is no space between letters and numbers (e.g. write as -t
cm10).
-t c - CPU only. With -x, also shows memory for that process on same line.
-t m - memory only. With -x, also shows CPU for that process on same line. If the -I or
-m lines are not triggered, will also show the system RAM used/total information.
-t cm - CPU+memory. With -x, shows also CPU or memory for that process on same line.
-u , --uuid
Show partition UUIDs. Use with -j, -o, -p, and -P to show partition labels. Does
nothing without one of those options.
Sample: -opju.
-U , --update
Note - Maintainer may have disabled this function.
If inxi -h has no listing for -U then it's disabled.
Auto-update script. Note: if you installed as root, you must be root to update,
otherwise user is fine. Also installs / updates this man page to:
/usr/local/share/man/man1 (if /usr/local/share/man/ exists AND there is no inxi man
page in /usr/share/man/man1, otherwise it goes to /usr/share/man/man1). This
requires that you be root to write to that directory. See --man or --no-man to
force or disable man install.
--usb
See -J.
-V, --version
inxi full version and license information. Prints information then exits.
--version-short, --vs
inxi single line version information. Prints information if not short form (which
shows version info already). Does not exit unless used without any other options.
Can be used with normal line options.
-v , --verbosity
Script verbosity levels. If no verbosity level number is given, 0 is assumed.
Should not be used with -b or -F.
Supported levels: 0-8 Examples : inxi -v 4 or inxi -v4
-v 0 - Short output, same as: inxi
-v 1 - Basic verbose, -S + basic CPU (cores, type, average clock speed, and min/max
speeds, if available) + -G + basic Disk + -I.
-v 2 - Adds networking device (-N), Machine (-M) data, Battery (-B) (if available). Same
as: inxi -b
-v 3 - Adds advanced CPU (-C) and network (-n) data; triggers -x advanced data option.
-v 4 - Adds partition size/used data (-P) for (if present): / /home /var/ /boot. Shows
full disk data (-D)
-v 5 - Adds audio device (-A), memory/RAM (-m), bluetooth data (-E) (if present),
sensors (-s), RAID data (if present), partition label (-l), UUID (-u), full swap
data (-j), and short form of optical drives.
-v 6 - Adds full mounted partition data (-p), unmounted partition data (-o), optical
drive data (-d), USB (-J); triggers -xx extra data option.
-v 7 - Adds network IP data (-i), forced bluetooth (-E), Logical (-L), RAID (-R), full
CPU flags/features (-f), triggers -xxx
-v 8 - All system data available. Adds advanced EDID data (--edid), Repos (-r), PCI
slots (--slots), processes (-tcm), admin (--admin). Useful for testing output and
to see what data you can get from your system.
-w , --weather
Adds weather line. To get weather for an alternate location, use -W [location]. See
also -x, -xx, -xxx options. Please note that your distribution's maintainer may
chose to disable this feature.
DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE FOR AUTOMATED WEATHER UPDATES! Automated or excessive use
will lead to your being blocked from any further access. This feature is not meant
for widget type weather monitoring, or Conky type use. It is meant to get weather
when you need to see it, for example, on a remote server. If you did not type the
weather option in manually, it's an automated request.
-W, --weather-location <location_string>
Get weather/time for an alternate location. Accepts postal/zip code[, country],
city,state pair, or latitude,longitude. Note: city/country/state names must not
contain spaces. Replace spaces with '+' sign. Don't place spaces around any commas.
Postal code is not reliable except for North America and maybe the UK. Try postal
codes with and without country code added. Note that City,State applies only to
USA, otherwise it's City,Country. If country name (english) does not work, try 2
character country code (e.g. Spain: es; Great Britain: gb).
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 for current 2 letter country
codes.
Use only ASCII letters in city/state/country names.
Examples: -W 95623,us OR -W Boston,MA OR -W 45.5234,-122.6762 OR -W new+york,ny OR
-W bodo,norway.
DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE FOR AUTOMATED WEATHER UPDATES! Automated or excessive use
will lead to your being blocked from any further access. This feature is not meant
for widget type weather monitoring, or Conky type use. It is meant to get weather
when you need to see it, for example, on a remote server. If you did not type the
weather option in manually, it's an automated request.
--weather-source, --ws <unit>
[1-9] Switches weather data source. Possible values are 1-9. 1-4 will generally be
active, and 5-9 may or may not be active, so check. 1 may not support city /
country names with spaces (even if you use the + sign instead of space). 2 offers
pretty good data, but may not have all small city names for -W.
Please note that the data sources are not static per value, and can change any
time, or be removed, so always test to verify which source is being used for each
value if that is important to you. Data sources may be added or removed on
occasions, so try each one and see which you prefer. If you get unsupported source
message, it means that number has not been implemented.
--weather-unit <unit>
[m|i|mi|im] Sets weather units to metric (m), imperial (i), metric (imperial) (mi,
default), imperial (metric) (im). If metric or imperial not found,sets to default
value, or N/A.
FILTER OPTIONS
The following options allow for applying various types of filtering to the output.
--filter , --filter-override
See -z, -Z.
--filter-label, --filter-uuid, --filter-vulnerabilities
See --zl, --zu, --zv.
--host Turns on hostname in System line. Overrides inxi config file value (if set):
SHOW_HOST='false' - Same as: SHOW_HOST='true'
This is an absolute override, the host will always show no matter what other
switches you use.
--no-host
Turns off hostname in System line. This is default when using -z, for anonymizing
inxi output for posting on forums or IRC. Overrides configuration value (if set):
SHOW_HOST='true' - Same as: SHOW_HOST='false'
This is an absolute override, the host will not show no matter what other switches
you use.
-z, --filter
Adds security filters for IP addresses, serial numbers, MAC, location (-w), and
user home directory name. Removes Host:. On by default for IRC clients.
--za, --filter-all
Shortcut to trigger -z, --zl, --zu, --zv. All the filters, that is.
--zl, --filter-label
Filter partition label names from -j, -o, -p, -P, and -Sa (root=LABEL=...).
Generally only useful in very specialized cases.
--zu, --filter-uuid
Filter partition UUIDs from -j, -o, -p, -P, and -Sa (root=UUID=...). Generally only
useful in very specialized cases.
--zv, --filter-v, --filter-vulnerabilities
Filter Vulnerabilities report from -Ca. Generally only useful in very specialized
cases.
-Z , --filter-override , --no-filter
Absolute override for output filters. Useful for debugging networking issues in IRC
for example.
OUTPUT CONTROL OPTIONS
The following options allow for modifying the output in various ways.
-c , --color [0-42]
Set color scheme. If no scheme number is supplied, 0 is assumed.
-c [94-99]
These color selectors run a color selector option prior to inxi starting which lets
you set the config file value for the selection.
NOTE: All configuration file set color values are removed when output is piped or
redirected. You must use the explicit runtime -c <color number> option if you want
color codes to be present in the piped/redirected output.
Color selectors for each type display (NOTE: IRC and global only show safe color
set):
-c 94 - Console, out of X.
-c 95 - Terminal, running in X - like xTerm.
-c 96 - GUI IRC, running in X - like XChat, Quassel, Konversation etc.
-c 97 - Console IRC running in X - like irssi in xTerm.
-c 98 - Console IRC not in X.
-c 99 - Global - Overrides/removes all settings.
Setting a specific color type removes the global color selection.
--indent [11-xx]
Change primary wide indent width. Generally useless. Only applied if output width
is greater than max wrap width (see --max-wrap). Use configuration item INDENT to
make permanent.
--indents [0-10]
Change primary wrap mode, second, and -y1 level indents. First indent level only
applied if output width is less than max wrap width (see --max-wrap). 0 disables
all wrapped indents and all second level indents. Use configuration item INDENTS to
make permanent.
--limit [-1 - x]
Raise or lower max output limit of IP addresses for -i. -1 removes limit.
--max-wrap, --wrap-max [integer]
Overrides default or configuration set line starter wrap width value. Wrap max is
the maximum width that inxi will wrap line starters (e.g. Info:) to their own
lines, with data lines indented default 2 columns (use --indents to change).
If terminal/console width or --width is less than wrap width, wrapping of line
starter occurs. If 80 or less, no wrapping will occur. Overrides internal default
value (110) and user configuration value MAX_WRAP.
--output [json|screen|xml]
Change data output type. Requires --output-file if not screen.
--output-file [full path to output file|print]
The given directory path must exist. The directory path given must exist, The print
options prints to stdout. Required for non-screen --output formats (json|xml).
--partition-sort [dev-base|fs|id|label|percent-used|size|uuid|used]
Change default sort order of partition output. Corresponds to PARTITION_SORT
configuration item. These are the available sort options:
dev-base - /dev partition identifier, like /dev/sda1. Note that it's an alphabetic
sort, so sda12 is before sda2.
fs - Partition filesystem. Note that sorts will be somewhat random if all
filesystems are the same.
id - Mount point of partition (default).
label - Label of partition. If partitions have no labels, sort will be random.
percent-used - Percentage of partition size used.
size - KiB size of partition.
uuid - UUID of the partition.
used - KiB used of partition.
--wrap-max [integer]
See --max-wrap.
-y, --width [integer]
This is an absolute width override which sets the output line width max. Overrides
COLS_MAX_IRC, COLS_MAX_NO_DISPLAY, COLS_MAX_CONSOLE configuration items, or the
actual widths of the terminal.
* -y - sets default width of 80 columns.
* -y [80-xxx] - sets width to given number. Must be 80 or more.
* -y 1 - switches to a single indented key/value pair per line, and removes all
long line wrapping (similar to dmidecode output). Not recommended for use with -Y;
* -y -1 - removes width limits (if assigned by configuration items).
Examples:
inxi -Fxx -y 130
inxi -Fxxy
inxi -bay1
-Y, --height, --less [-3-[integer]
Control output height. Useful when in console, and scrollback not available.
Breaks output flow based on values provided.
* -Y 0 or -Y - Set default max height to terminal height.
* -Y [1-xxx] - set max output block height height in lines.
* -Y -1 - Print out one primary data item block (like CPU:, System:) at a time.
Useful for very long outputs like -Fa, -v8, etc. Not available for -h.
* -Y -2 - Do not disable output colors when redirected or piped to another program.
Useful if piping output to less -R for example. This does not limit the height
otherwise since the expectation it is being piped to another program like less
which will handle that.
* -Y -3 - Restore default unlimited output lines if LINES_MAX configuration item
set.
Recommended to use the following for very clean up and down scrollable output out
of display, while retaining the color schemes, which are normally removed with
piping or redirect:
pinxi -v8Y -2 | less -R
Note: since it's not possible for inxi to know how many actual terminal lines are
being used by terminal wrapped output, with -y 1 , it may be better in general to
use a fixed height like:
-y 1 -Y 20 instead of: -y 1 -Y
EXTRA DATA OPTIONS
These options can be triggered by one or more -x. Alternatively, the -v options trigger
them in the following way: -v 3 adds -x; -v 6 adds -xx; -v 7 adds -xxx
These extra data triggers can be useful for getting more in-depth data on various options.
They can be added to any long form option list, e.g.: -bxx or -Sxxx
There are 3 extra data levels:
-x, -xx, -xxx
OR
--extra 1, --extra 2, --extra 3
The following details show which lines / items display extra information for each extra
data level.
-x -A - Adds (if available and/or relevant) vendor: item, which shows specific vendor
[product] information.
- Adds version/port(s)/driver version (if available) for each device.
- Adds PCI/USB ID of each device.
- Adds non-running sound servers, if detected.
-x -B - Adds vendor/model, battery status (if battery present).
- Adds attached battery powered peripherals (Device-[number]:) if detected
(keyboard, mouse, etc.).
- Adds battery volts:, min: voltages. Note that if difference is critical, that is
current voltage is too close to minimum voltage, shows without -x.
-x -C - Adds bogomips to CPU speed report (if available).
- Adds L1: and L3: cache types if either are present/available. For BSD or legacy
Linux, uses dmidecode + doas/sudo/root. Force use of dmidecode cache values by
adding --dmidecode. This will override /sys based cache data, which tends to be
better, so in general don't do that.
- Adds boost: [enabled|disabled] if detected, aka turbo. Not all CPUs have this
feature.
- Adds CPU Flags (short list). Use -f to see full flag/feature list.
- Adds CPU microarchitecture + revision (e.g. Sandy Bridge, K8, ARMv8, P6, etc.).
Only shows data if detected. Newer microarchitectures will have to be added as they
appear, and require the CPU family ID, model ID, and stepping.
- Adds, if smt (Simultaneous MultiThreading) is available but disabled, after type:
data smt: disabled. type: MT means it's enabled. See -Cxxx.
Examples:
arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 2
arch: K8 rev.F+ rev: 2
If unable to non-ambiguosly determine architecture, will show something like: arch:
Amber Lake note: check rev: 9
- Adds CPU highest speed after avg: [speed] high: [speed] if greater than 1 core
and cores have different speeds. Linux only.
-x -d - Adds more items to Features line of optical drive; dds rev version to optical
drive.
-x -D - Adds HDD temperature with disk data.
Method 1: Systems running Linux kernels ~5.6 and newer should have drivetemp module
data available. If so, drive temps will come from /sys data for each drive, and
will not require root or hddtemp. This method is MUCH faster than using hddtemp.
Note that NVMe drives do not require drivetemp.
If your drivetemp module is not enabled, enable it:
modprobe drivetemp
Once enabled, add drivetemp to /etc/modules or /etc/modules-load.d/***.conf so it
starts automatically.
If you see drive temps running as regular user and you did not configure system to
use doas/sudo hddtemp, then your system supports this feature. If no /sys data is
found, inxi will try to use hddtemp methods instead for that drive. Hint: if temp
is /sys sourced, the temp will be to 1 decimal, like 34.8, if hddtemp sourced, they
will be integers.
Method 2: if you have hddtemp installed, if you are root or if you have added to
/etc/sudoers (sudo v. 1.7 or newer):
<username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hddtemp (sample)
doas users: see man doas.conf for setup.
You can force use of hddtemp for all drives using --hddtemp.
- If free LVM volume group size detected (root required), show lvm-free: on Local
Storage line. This is how much unused space the VGs contain, that is, space not
assigned to LVs.
-x -E (--bluetooth)
- Adds (if available and/or relevant) vendor: item, which shows specific vendor
[product] information.
- Adds PCI/USB Bus ID of each device.
- Adds driver version (if available) for each device.
- Adds (if available, and hciconfig only) LMP (HCI if no LMP data, and HCI if
HCI/LMP versions are different) version (if available) for each HCI ID.
-x -G - Adds GPU micro-architecture (if AMD/Intel/Nvidia and detected).
- Adds PCI/USB ID of each device.
- Adds (if available and/or relevant) vendor: item, which shows specific vendor
[product] information.
- X.org: Adds direct rendering status.
- X.org: Adds (for single GPU, nvidia driver) screen number that GPU is running on.
-x -i - Adds IP v6 additional scope data, like Global, Site, Temporary for each
interface.
Note that there is no way we are aware of to filter out the deprecated IP v6 scope
site/global temporary addresses from the output of ifconfig. The ip tool shows that
clearly.
ip-v6-temporary - (ip tool only), scope global temporary. Scope global temporary
deprecated is not shown
ip-v6-global - scope global (ifconfig will show this for all types, global, global
temporary, and global temporary deprecated, ip shows it only for global)
ip-v6-link - scope link (ip/ifconfig) - default for -i.
ip-v6-site - scope site (ip/ifconfig). This has been deprecated in IPv6, but still
exists. ifconfig may show multiple site values, as with global temporary, and
global temporary deprecated.
ip-v6-unknown - unknown scope
-x -I - Adds current init system (and init rc in some cases, like OpenRC). With -xx,
shows init/rc version number, if available.
- Adds default system gcc. With -xx, also show other installed gcc versions.
- Adds current runlevel/target (not available with all init systems).
- Adds total packages discovered in system. See -xx and -a for per package manager
types output. Moves to Repos if -rx.
If your package manager is not supported, please file an issue and we'll add it.
That requires the full output of the query or method to discover all installed
packages on your system, as well of course as the command or method used to
discover those.
- If in shell (i.e. not in IRC client), adds shell version number, if available.
-x -j, -x --swap
Add mapper:. See -x -o.
-x -J (--usb)
- For Devices, adds driver(s).
-x -L, -x --logical
- Adds dm: dm-x to VG > LV and other Device types. This can help tracking down
which device belongs to what.
-x -m, --memory-modules
- If present, adds maximum memory module/device size in the Array line. Only some
systems will have this data available. Shows estimate if it can generate one.
-x -N - Adds (if available and/or relevant) vendor: item, which shows specific vendor
[product] information.
- Adds version/port(s)/driver version (if available) for each device;
- Adds PCI/USB ID of each device.
-x -o, -x -p, -x -P
- Adds mapper: (the /dev/mapper/ partition ID) if mapped partition.
Example: ID-4: /home ... dev: /dev/dm-6 mapped: ar0-home
-x -r - Adds Package info. See -Ix
-x -R - md-raid: Adds second RAID Info line with extra data: blocks, chunk size, bitmap
(if present). Resync line, shows blocks synced/total blocks.
- Hardware RAID: Adds driver version, Bus ID.
-x -s - Adds basic voltages: 12v, 5v, 3.3v, vbat (ipmi, lm-sensors if present).
-x -S - Adds Kernel gcc version.
- Adds to Distro: base: if detected. System base will only be seen on a subset of
distributions. The distro must be both derived from a parent distro (e.g. Mint from
Ubuntu), and explicitly added to the supported distributions for this feature. Due
to the complexity of distribution identification, these will only be added as
relatively solid methods are found for each distribution system base detection.
-x --slots
- Adds slot bus-ID:, if found.
-x -t (--processes)
- Adds memory use output to CPU (-xt c), and CPU use to memory (-xt m).
-x -w , -W
- Adds humidity and barometric pressure.
- Adds wind speed and direction.
-xx -A - Adds vendor:product ID for each device.
- Adds PCIe speed and lanes item (Linux only, if detected).
-xx -B - Adds serial number.
-xx -C - Adds microarchitecture level (v1,v2,v3,v4) (Intel and AMD 64 bit CPUs only).
This information is used for setting compile time optimization switches in for
example GCC. These levels were introduced in 2020.
-xx -D - Adds disk serial number.
- Adds disk speed (if available). This is the theoretical top speed of the device
as reported. This speed may be restricted by system board limits, eg. a SATA 3
drive on a SATA 2 board may report SATA 2 speeds, but this is not completely
consistent, sometimes a SATA 3 device on a SATA 2 board reports its design speed.
NVMe drives: adds lanes, and (per direction) speed is calculated with lane speed *
lanes * PCIe overhead. PCIe 1 and 2 have data rates of GT/s * .8 = Gb/s (10 bits
required to transfer 8 bits of data). PCIe 3 and greater transfer data at a rate
of GT/s * 128/130 * lanes = Gb/s (130 bits required to transfer 128 bits of data).
For a PCIe 3 NVMe drive, with speed of 8 GT/s and 4 lanes (8GT/s * 128/130 * 4 =
31.6 Gb/s):
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
- Adds disk duid, if available. Some BSDs have it.
-xx -E (--bluetooth)
- Adds vendor:product ID of each device.
- Adds (hciconfig only) LMP subversion (and/or HCI revision if applicable) for each
device.
- Adds PCIe speed and lanes item (Linux only, and if PCIe bluetooth, which is
rare).
-xx -G Triggers much more complete Screen/Monitor output.
X.org: requires xdpyinfo or xrandr, and the advanced per monitor feature requires
xrandr.
Wayland: requires any tool capable of showing monitor and resolution information.
Sway has swaymsg, weston-info or wayland-info can show Wayland information on any
Wayland compositor, and wlr-randr can show Wayland information for any wlroots
based compositor.
Further note that all references to Displays, Screens, and Monitors are referring
to the X or Wayland technical terms, not normal consumer usage.
X.org: 1 Display runs 1 or more Screens, and 1 Screen runs 1 or more Monitors.
Wayland: The Display is the primary container, and it can contain 1 or more
Monitors.
- Adds vendor:product ID of each device.
- Adds PCIe speed and lanes item (Linux only, and if PCIe device and detected).
- Adds output port IDs, active, off (connected but disabled, like a closed laptop
lid) and empty. Example:
ports: active: DVI-I-1,VGA-1 empty: HDMI-A-1
- Adds Display ID. X.org: the Display running the Screen that runs the Monitors;
Wayland: the Display that runs the monitors.
- Adds compositor, if found (always shows for Wayland).
- Wayland: Adds to Display d-rect: if > 1 monitors in Display. This is the size of
the rectangle Wayland creates to situate the monitors in.
- X.org: If available, shows alternate: Xorg drivers. This means a driver on the
default list of drivers Xorg automatically checks for the device, but which is not
installed. For example, if you have nouveau driver, nvidia would show as alternate
if it was not installed. Note that alternate: does NOT mean you should have it,
it's just one of the drivers Xorg checks to see if is present and loaded when
checking the device. This can let you know there are other driver options. Note
that if you have explicitly set the driver in xorg.conf, Xorg will not create this
automatic check driver list.
- Xorg: Adds total number of Screens listed for the current Display.
- Xorg: Adds default Screen ID if Screen (not monitor!) total is greater than 1.
- X.org: Adds Screen line, which includes the ID (Screen: 0) then s-res (Screen
resolution), s-dpi. Remember, this is an Xorg Screen, NOT a monitor screen, and the
information listed is about the Xorg Screen! It may at times be the same as a
single monitor system, but usually it's different in some ways. Note that the
physical monitor dpi and the Xorg dpi are not necessarily the same thing, and can
vary widely.
- Adds Monitor lines. Monitors are a subset of a Screen (X.org) or Display
(Wayland), each of which can have one or more monitors. Normally a dual monitor
setup is 2 monitors run by one Xorg Screen/Wayland Display.
- pos: [primary,]{position string|row-col} (X.org: requires xrandr; Wayland:
requires swaymsg [sway], wlr-randr [wlroots based compositors], weston-info /
wayland-info [all]). Uses either explicit primary value or +0+0 position if no
primary monitor value set. pos: does not show for single monitor setups, or if no
position data was found.
Position is text (left, center, center-l, center-r, right, top, top-left,
top-center, top-right, middle, middle-c, middle-r, bottom, bottom-l, bottom-c,
bottom-r) if monitors fit within the following grids: 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 2x1, 2x2, 2x3,
3x1, 3x2, 3x3. If layout not supported in text, uses [row-nu]-[column-nu] instead
to indicate the monitor's position in its grid.
The position is based on the upper left corner of each monitor relative to the grid
of monitors that the Xorg Screen is composed of.
- diag: monitor screen diagonal in mm (inches). Note that this is the real monitor
size, not the Xorg full Screen diagonal size, which can be quite different.
- For free drivers, adds OpenGL compatibility version number if available. For
nonfree drivers, the core version and compatibility versions are usually the same.
Example:
v: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 compat-v: 3.0
-xx -I - Adds init type version number (and rc if present).
- Adds other detected installed gcc versions (if present).
- Adds system default runlevel/target, if detected. Supports Systemd / Upstart
/SysVinit type defaults.
- Shows Packages: counts by discovered package manager types (pm:). In cases where
only 1 pm had results, does not show total after Packages:. Does not show
installed package managers with 0 packages. See -a for full output. Moves to Repos
if -rxx.
- Adds parent program (or pty/tty) that started shell, if not IRC client.
-xx -j (--swap), -xx -p, -xx -P
- Adds swap priority to each swap partition (for -P) used, and for all swap types
(for -j).
-xx -J (--usb)
- Adds vendor:chip id.
-xx -L, -xx --logical
- Adds internal LVM Logical volumes, like raid image and meta data volumes.
- Adds full list of Components, sub-components, and their physical devices.
- For LVM RAID, adds a RAID report line (if not -R). Read up on LVM documentation
to better understand their use of the term 'stripes'.
-xx -m, --memory-modules
- Adds memory device Manufacturer.
- Adds memory device Part Number (part-no:). Useful for ordering new or replacement
memory sticks etc. Part numbers are unique, particularly if you use the word memory
in the search as well. With -xxx, also shows serial number.
- Adds single/double bank memory, if data is found. Note, this may not be 100%
right all of the time since it depends on the order that data is found in dmidecode
output for type 6 and type 17.
- Adds, if present, memory array voltage. Only some legacy systems will have this
data available.
- Adds memory module current configured operating voltage, if available.
-xx -M - Adds chassis information, if data is available. Also shows BIOS ROM size if using
dmidecode.
-xx -N - Adds vendor:product ID for each device.
- Adds PCIe speed and lanes item (Linux only, and if PCIe device and detected).
-xx -r - Adds to Packages: info. See -Ixx
-xx -R - md-raid: Adds superblock (if present) and algorithm. If resync, shows progress
bar.
- Hardware RAID: Adds Chip vendor:product ID.
-xx -s - Adds DIMM/SOC voltages, if present (ipmi only).
-xx -S - Adds display manager (dm) type, if present. If none, shows N/A. Supports most
known display managers, including gdm, gdm3, idm, kdm, lightdm, lxdm, mdm, nodm,
sddm, slim, tint, wdm, and xdm.
- Adds, if run in X, window manager type (wm), if available. Not all window
managers are supported. Some desktops support using more than one window manager,
so this can be useful to see what window manager is actually running. If none
found, shows nothing. Uses a less accurate fallback tool wmctrl if ps tests fail to
find data.
- Adds desktop toolkit (tk), if available (Xfce/KDE/Trinity).
-xx --slots
- Adds slot length.
- Adds slot voltage, if available.
-xx -w , -W
- Adds wind chill, heat index, and dew point, if available.
- Adds cloud cover, rain, snow, or precipitation (amount in previous hour to
observation time), if available.
-xxx -A
- Adds, if present, serial number.
- Adds, if present, PCI/USB class ID.
-xxx -B
- Adds battery chemistry (e.g. Li-ion), cycles (NOTE: there appears to be a problem
with the Linux kernel obtaining the cycle count, so this almost always shows 0.
There's nothing that can be done about this glitch, the data is simply not
available as of 2018-04-03), location (only available from dmidecode derived
output).
- Adds attached device rechargeable: [yes|no] information.
-xxx -C
- Adds CPU voltage and external clock speed (this is the motherboard speed).
Requires doas/sudo/root and dmidecode.
- Adds, if smt (Simultaneous MultiThreading) data is available, after type: data
smt: [status].
smt: [status]
MT in type: will show if smt is enabled in general. 3 values are possible:
[enabled|disabled|<unsupported>]. <unsupported> means the CPU does not support SMT.
-xxx -D
- Adds disk firmware revision number (if available).
- Adds disk partition scheme (in most cases), e.g. scheme: GPT. Currently not able
to detect all schemes, but handles the most common, e.g. GPT or MBR.
- Adds disk type (HDD/SSD), rotation speed (in some but not all cases), e.g. type:
HDD rpm: 7200, or type: SSD if positive SSD identification was made. If no HDD,
rotation, or positive SSD ID found, shows type: N/A. Not all HDD spinning disks
report their speed, so even if they are spinning, no rpm data will show.
-xxx -E (--bluetooth)
- Adds, if present, PCI/USB class ID.
- Adds (hciconfig only) HCI version, revision.
-xxx -G
- Adds, if present, Device PCI/USB class ID.
- Adds to Device serial: number (if found).
- Xorg: Adds to Screen: s-size: and s-diag:. (Screen size data requires xdpyinfo).
This is the X.org Screen dimensions, NOT the Monitor size!
- Adds to Monitors (if detected) frequency (hz:).
- Adds to Monitors (if detected) size (size: 277x156mm (10.9x6.1")). Note that this
is the real physical monitor size, not the Xorg Screen/Wayland Display size, which
can be quite different (1 Xorg Screen / Wayland Display can for instance contain
two or more monitors).
- Adds to Monitors modes: min: max: (if detected). These are the smallest and
largest monitor modes found, using an inexact method, so might not always be right.
- Adds to Monitors serial: number (if detected).
- Wayland: Adds to Monitors scale: (if detected).
-xxx -I
- For Uptime: adds wakeups: to show how many times the machine has been woken from
suspend state during current uptime period (if available, Linux only). 0 value
means the machine has not been suspended.
- For Shell: adds (su|sudo|login) to shell name if present.
- For Shell: adds default: shell if different from running shell, and default shell
v:, if available.
- For running-in: adds (SSH) to parent, if present. SSH detection uses the whoami
test.
-xxx -J (--usb)
- Adds, if present, serial number for non hub devices.
- Adds interfaces: for non hub devices.
- Adds, if available, USB speed in Mbits/s or Gbits/s.
- Adds, if present, USB class ID.
- Adds, if non 0, max power in mA.
-xxx -m, --memory-modules
- Adds memory bus width: primary bus width, and if present, total width. e.g.
width (bits): data: 64 total: 72
Note that total / data widths are mixed up sometimes in dmidecode output, so inxi
will take the larger value as the total if present. Data width usually corresponds
to the CPU bits. Total can reflect EEC or Dual Channel widths. If no total width
data is found, shows:
width: N/A
- Adds device type detail, e.g. type: DDR3 detail: Synchronous.
- Adds device serial number.
- Adds memory module current, max, and min voltages, if they are available and
different from each other. If they are the identical, displays same as -xxm voltage
report. Use -ma to always see them.
-xxx -N
- Adds, if present, serial number.
- Adds, if present, PCI/USB class ID.
-xxx -R
- md-raid: Adds system mdraid support types (kernel support, read ahead, RAID
events)
- zfs-raid: Adds portion allocated (used) by RAID array/device.
- Hardware RAID: Adds rev, ports, and (if available and/or relevant) vendor: item,
which shows specific vendor [product] information.
-xxx -S
- Adds, if in X, or with --display, bar/dock/panel/tray items (info). If none
found, shows nothing. Supports desktop items like gnome-panel, lxpanel,
xfce4-panel, lxqt-panel, tint2, cairo-dock, trayer, and many others.
- Adds (if present), window manager (wm) version number.
- Adds (if present), display manager (dm) version number.
- Adds (if available, and in display), virtual terminal (vt) number. These are the
same as ctrl+alt+F[x] numbers usually. Some systems have this, some don't, it
varies.
-xxx -w , -W
- Adds location (city state country), observation altitude (if available), weather
observation time (if available), sunset/sunrise (if available).
ADMIN EXTRA DATA OPTIONS
These options are triggered with --admin or -a. Admin options are advanced output options,
and are more technical, and mostly of interest to system administrators or other machine
admins.
The --admin option sets -xxx, and only has to be used once. It will trigger the following
features:
-a -A - Adds, if present, possible alternate: kernel modules capable of driving each
Device-x (not including the current driver:). If no non-driver modules found, shows
nothing. NOTE: just because it lists a module does NOT mean it is available in the
system, it's just something the kernel knows could possibly be used instead.
- Adds PCIe generation, and, if different than running PCIe generation, speed or
lanes, link-max: gen: speed: lanes: (only items different from primary shown).
-a -C
- Adds CPU generation, process node, and built years, if detected. For Intel, only
will show if Core generation, otherwise the arch value is enough. For AMD, only
shows Zen generation.
- Adds CPU family, model-id, and stepping (replaces rev of -Cx). Format is
hexadecimal (decimal) if greater than 9, otherwise hexadecimal.
- Adds CPU microcode. Format is hexadecimal.
- Adds socket type (for motherboard CPU socket, if available). If results doubtful
will list two socket types and note: check. Requires doas/sudo/root and dmidecode.
The item in parentheses may simply be a different syntax for the same socket, but
in general, check this before trusting it.
Sample: socket: 775 (478) note: check
Sample: socket: AM4
- Adds DMI CPU base and boost/turbo speeds. Requires doas/sudo/root and dmidecode.
In some cases, like with overclocking or 'turbo' or 'boost' modes, voltage and
external clock speeds may be increased, or short term limits raised on max CPU
speeds. These are often not reflected in /sys based CPU min/max: speed results, but
often are using this source.
Samples:
CPU not overclocked, with boost, like Ryzen:
Speed (MHz):
avg: 2861
high: 3250
min/max: 1550/3400
boost: enabled
base/boost: 3400/3900
Overclocked 2900 MHz CPU, with no boost available:
Speed (MHz):
avg: 2345
high: 2900
min/max: 800/2900
base/boost: 3350/3000
Overclocked 3000 MHz CPU, with boosted max speed:
Speed (MHz):
avg: 3260
high: 4190
min/max: 1200/3001
base/boost: 3000/4000
Note that these numbers can be confusing, but basically, the base number is the
actual normal top speed the CPU runs at without boost mode, and the boost number is
the max speed the CPU reports itself able to run at. The actual max speed may be
higher than either value, or lower. The boost number appears to be hard-coded into
the CPU DMI data, and does not seem to reflect actual max speeds that overclocking
or other combinations of speed boosters can enable, as you can see from the example
where the CPU is running at a speed faster than the min/max or base/boost values.
Note that the normal min/max: speeds do NOT show actual overclocked OR boost/turbo
mode speeds, and appear to be hard-coded values, not dynamic real values. The
base/boost: values are sometimes real, and sometimes not. base appears in general
to be real.
- Adds frequency scaling: governor:.. driver:.. if found/available. Also adds
scaling min/max speeds if different from standard CPU min/max spees (not common).
- Adds description of cache topology per cpu. Linux only.
- Creates new Topology: line after the Info: line. Moves cache data to this line
from Info: line.
Topology line contains, if available and/or relevant: physical CPU count (cpus:);
per physical cpu core count (cores:); threads per core, if > 1 (tpc:); how many
threads: (if more threads than cores); dies: (rarely detected, but if so, if > 1);
smt status (if no smt status found, shows N/A).
If complex CPU type, like Alder lake, cores; will have a more granular breakdown of
how many mt (multi-threaded) and how many st (single-threaded) cores there in the
physical cpu ( mt-cores:, st-cores:); For complex CPU types like ARM SoC devices
with 2 CPU types, with different core counts and/or min/max:) frequencies, variant:
per type found, with relevant differences shown, like cores:, min/max:, etc.
CPU:
Info:
model: AMD EPYC 7281
bits: 64
type: MT MCP MCM SMP
arch: Zen
gen: 1
process: GF 14nm
built: 2017-19
family:0x17 (23)
model-id:1
stepping: 2
microcode: 0x8001250
Topology:
cpus: 2
cores: 16
tpc: 2
threads: 32
dies: 4
cache:
L1: 2x 1.5 MiB (3 MiB)
desc: d-16x32 KiB; i-16x64 KiB
L2: 2x 8 MiB (16 MiB)
desc: 16x512 KiB
L3: 2x 32 MiB (64 MiB)
desc: 8x4 MiB
Speed (MHz):
avg: 1195
high: 1197
min/max: 1200/2100
boost: enabled
scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
governor: ondemand
cores:
1: 1195
2: 1196
....
bogomips: 267823
- Adds CPU Vulnerabilities (bugs) as known by your current kernel. Lists by Type:
... (status|mitigation): .... for systems that support this feature (Linux kernel
4.14 or newer, or patched older kernels).
-a -d,-a -D
- Adds logical and physical block size in bytes.
Using smartctl (requires doas/sudo/root privileges).
- Adds device model family, like Caviar Black, if available.
- Adds SATA type (eg 1.0, 2.6, 3.0) if a SATA device.
- Adds device kernel major:minor number (Linux only).
- Adds SMART report line: status, enabled/disabled, health, powered on, cycles, and
some error cases if out of range values. Note that for Pre-fail items, it will show
the VALUE and THRESHOLD numbers. It will also fall back for unknown attributes that
are or have been failing and print out the Attribute name, value, threshold, and
failing message. This way even for unhandled Attribute names, you should get a
solid report for full failure cases. Other cases may show if inxi believes that the
item may be approaching failure. This is a guess so make sure to check the drive
and smartctl full output to verify before taking any further action.
- Adds, for USB or other external drives, actual model name/serial if available,
and different from enclosure model/serial, and corrects block sizes if necessary.
Adds in drive temperature for some drives as well, and other useful data.
-a -E (--bluetooth)
- Adds (hciconfig only) extra line to Report:, Info:. Includes, if available, ACL
MTU, SCO MTU, Link policy, Link mode, and Service Classes.
- Adds PCIe generation, and, if different than running PCIe generation, speed or
lanes, link-max: gen: speed: lanes: (only items different from primary shown.
Bluetooth PCIe rare).
-a -G - Adds, if present, possible alternate: kernel modules capable of driving each
Device-x (not including the current loaded:). If no non-driver modules found, shows
nothing. NOTE: just because it lists a module does NOT mean it is available in the
system, it's just something the kernel knows could possibly be used instead.
- Adds (AMD/Intel/Nvidia, if available) process: [node] built: [years] to arch:
item.
- Adds (if Linux and Nvidia device) non-free support information (if available).
This can be useful for forum support people to determine if the card supports
current active legacy Nvidia driver branches, or if the card nonfree driver is EOL
or active. Note that if card is current, shows basic series and status.
Includes extended non free Nvidia legacy informatin (Linux and Nvidia only), and
arch: reports (AMD/Intel/Nvidia). Useful to help diagnose driver support issues,
shows extra data that can help diagnose/debug. Adds code: item if found and not the
same as arch:.
inxi -Gaz
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] driver: nouveau v: kernel
non-free: 173.14.xx status: legacy (EOL) last: kernel: 3.12 xorg: 1.15
release: 173.14.39 arch: Rankine code: NV3x process: 130-150nm
built: 2003-05 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: DVI-I-1,TV-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0322 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: nouveau
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa alternate: nv,nvidia gpu: nouveau
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
With -y1:
inxi -Gaz -y1
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]
driver: nouveau
v: kernel
non-free:
series: 173.14.xx
status: legacy (EOL)
last:
kernel: 3.12
xorg: 1.15
release: 173.14.39
arch: Rankine
code: NV3x
process: 130-150nm
built: 2003-05
ports:
active: VGA-1
empty: DVI-I-1,TV-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:0322
class-ID: 0300
- Adds PCIe generation, and, if different than running PCIe generation, speed or
lanes, link-max: gen: speed: lanes: (only items different from primary shown).
- Adds to Monitors built:, gamma:, ratio: (if found).
X.org sample (with both xdpyinfo and xrandr data available):
inxi -aGz
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] vendor: XFX Pine
driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-2
code: Evergreen process: TSMC 32-40nm built: 2009-15 pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s ports:
active: DVI-I-1,VGA-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0a:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:68f9 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.0
compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver: X: loaded: modesetting gpu: radeon
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1024 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x270mm (26.65x10.63")
s-diag: 729mm (28.7")
Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 pos: primary,left model: Samsung SyncMaster
serial: <filter> built: 2004 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2
size: 338x270mm (13.31x10.63") diag: 433mm (17") ratio: 5:4 modes:
max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: VGA-1 pos: right model: Dell 1908FP serial: <filter>
built: 2008 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 86 gamma: 1.4
size: 376x301mm (14.8x11.85") diag: 482mm (19") ratio: 5:4 modes:
max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400
OpenGL: renderer: AMD CEDAR (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.16.0-11.1-liquorix-amd64 LLVM
12.0.1) v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.6 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
....
Wayland sample, with Sway/swaymsg:
inxi -aGz
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] vendor: XFX Pine
driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale 2
process: TSMC 32-40nm pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s ports: active: DVI-I-1,VGA-1 empty: HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:68f9 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 21.1.4 compositor: sway v: 1.6.1
driver: gpu: radeon d-rect: 2560x1024
Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 pos: right model: SyncMaster serial: <filter>
built: 2004 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2
size: 340x270mm (13.4x10.6") diag: 434mm (17.1") ratio: 5:4 modes:
max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: VGA-1 pos: primary,left model: DELL 1908FP serial: <filter>
res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 gamma: 1.4 dpi: 86 gamma: 1.4
size: 380x300mm (15.0x11.8") diag: 484mm (19.1") ratio: 5:4 modes:
max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400
Message: Wayland GBM/EGL data currently not available.
-a -I - Adds to Packages number of lib packages detected per package manager. Also adds
detected package managers with 0 packages listed. Adds package manager tools
(supported: rpm, dpkg, pkgtool) Moves to Repos if -ra.
inxi -aI
Info:
....
Init: systemd v: 245 target: graphical.target (5) default: graphical.target
Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 5/6/7/8/9 Packages: pm: apt pkgs: 3681 libs: 2096
tools: apt, apt-get,aptitude pm: rpm pkgs: 0 Shell: ksh v: A_2020.0.0
default: Bash v: 5.0.16 running-in: kate inxi: 3.1.04
- Adds service control tool, tested for in the following order: systemctl
rc-service rcctl service sv /etc/rc.d /etc/init.d. Can be useful to know which you
need when using an unfamiliar machine.
-a -j, -a -P [swap], -a -P [swap]
- Adds swappiness and vfs cache pressure, and a message to indicate if the value is
the default value or not (Linux only, and only if available). If not the default
value, shows default value as well, e.g.
For -P per swap physical partition:
swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 90 (default 100)
For -j row 1 output:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 90 (default 100)
- Adds device kernel major:minor number (Linux only).
-a -L - Expands Component report, shows size / maj-min of components and devices, and
mapped name for logical components. Puts each component/device on its own line.
- Adds maj-min to LV and other devices.
-a -m - Expands volts to include curr/min/max values even if they are all identical.
-a -n, -a -N, -a -i
- Adds, if present, possible alternate: kernel modules capable of driving each
Device-x (not including the current driver:). If no non-driver modules found, shows
nothing. NOTE: just because it lists a module does NOT mean it is available in the
system, it's just something the kernel knows could possibly be used instead.
- Adds PCIe generation, and, if different than running PCIe generation, speed or
lanes, link-max: gen: speed: lanes: (only items different from primary shown).
-a -o - Adds device kernel major:minor number (Linux only).
-a -p,-a -P
- Adds raw partition size, including file system overhead, partition table, e.g.
raw-size: 60.00 GiB.
- Adds percent of raw size available to size: item, e.g.
size: 58.81 GiB (98.01%).
Note that used: 16.44 GiB (34.3%) percent refers to the available size, not the raw
size.
- Adds partition filesystem block size if found (requires root and blockdev).
- Adds device kernel major:minor number (Linux only).
-a -r - Adds to Packages: report. See -Ia
-a -R - Adds device kernel major:minor number (mdraid, Linux only).
- Adds, if available, component size, major:minor number (Linux only). Turns
Component report to 1 component per line.
-a -S - Adds kernel boot parameters to Kernel section (if detected). Support varies by OS
type.
-a --slots
- Adds PCI children of the main slot bus ID, and their types and class IDs,
recursively. Linux only, and only if detected. Sample:
Slot: 0
type: PCIe
lanes: 16
status: in use
length: long
volts: 3.3
bus-ID: 00:03.1
children:
1: 07:00.0
class-ID: 0300
type: display
2: 07:00.1
class-ID: 0403
type: audio
ADVANCED OPTIONS
--alt 40
Bypass Perl as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), Curl, Wget,
Fetch, (OpenBSD only) ftp.
--alt 41
Bypass Curl as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), Curl, Wget,
Fetch, (OpenBSD only) ftp.
--alt 42
Bypass Fetch as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), Curl, Wget,
Fetch, (OpenBSD only) ftp.
--alt 43
Bypass Wget as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), Curl, Wget,
Fetch, OpenBSD only: ftp
--alt 44
Bypass Curl, Fetch, and Wget as downloader options. This basically forces the
downloader selection to use Perl 5.x HTTP::Tiny, which is generally slower than
Curl or Wget but it may help bypass issues with downloading.
--bt-tool [bt-adapter|hciconfig|rfkill]
Force the use of the given tool for bluetooth report (-E). rfkill does not support
mac address data.
--dig Temporary override of NO_DIG configuration item. Only use to test w/wo dig.
Restores default behavior for WAN IP, which is use dig if present.
--display [:<integer>]
Will try to get display data out of X (does not usually work as root user).
Default gets display info from display :0. If you use the format --display :1 then
it would get it from display 1 instead, or any display you specify.
Note that in some cases, --display will cause inxi to hang endlessly when running
the option in console with Intel graphics. The situation regarding other free
drivers such as nouveau/ATI is currently unknown. It may be that this is a bug with
the Intel graphics driver - more information is required.
You can test this easily by running the following command out of X/display server:
glxinfo -display :0
If it hangs, --display will not work.
--dmidecode
Shortcut. See --force dmidecode.
--downloader [curl|fetch|perl|wget]
Force inxi to use Curl, Fetch, Perl, or Wget for downloads.
--force [colors|dmidecode|hddtemp|lsusb|rpm|usb-sys|wayland|vmstat|wmctrl]
Various force options to allow users to override defaults. Values can be given as a
comma separated list:
inxi -MJ --force dmidecode,lsusb
- colors - Same as -Y -2 . Do not remove colors from piped or redirected output.
- dmidecode - Force use of dmidecode. This will override /sys data in some lines,
e.g. -M or -B.
- hddtemp - Force use of hddtemp instead of /sys temp data for disks.
- lsusb - Forces the USB data generator to use lsusb as data source (default).
Overrides USB_SYS in user configuration file(s).
- rpm, pkg - Force override of disabled RPM package counts on primarily RPM run
systems due to unacceptably slow execution times for this command:
rpm -qa --nodigest --nosignature
Even on newer RPM systems, in virtual machines, running rpm package list query
takes more than 0.15 seconds (compared to 0.01 to 0.05 for dpkg, pacman, pkgtool
etc) for just this single feature, which is north of 10% of total execution time
for inxi -bar. On bare metal this can hit 1 second or more in our tests. Older
systems have taken up to 30 seconds to run this command!
For systems that support running rpm along with the primary package installer
(dpkg/apt, pacman, and pkgtool/slackpkg), there are not going to be many rpms, if
any, installed, so the command runs in those cases (if inxi can determine it is
running in that type of system).
- usb-sys - Forces the USB data generator to use /sys as data source instead of
lsusb (Linux only).
- vmstat - Forces use of vmstat for memory data.
- wayland - Forces use of Wayland, disables x tools glxinfo, xrandr, xdpyinfo.
- wmctrl - Force System item wm to use wmctrl as data source, override default ps
source.
--hddtemp
Shortcut. See --force hddtemp.
--html-wan
Temporary override of NO_HTML_WAN configuration item. Only use to test w/wo HTML
downloaders for WAN IP. Restores default behavior for WAN IP, which is use HTML
downloader if present and if dig failed.
--man Updates / installs man page with -U if pinxi or using -U 3 dev branch. (Only active
if -U is is not disabled by maintainers).
--no-dig
Overrides default use of dig to get WAN IP address. Allows use of normal downloader
tool to get IP addresses. Only use if dig is failing, since dig is much faster and
more reliable in general than other methods.
--no-doas
Skips the use of doas to run certain internal features (like hddtemp, file) with
doas. Not related to running inxi itself with doas/sudo or super user. Some systems
will register errors which will then trigger admin emails in such cases, so if you
want to disable regular user use of doas (which requires configuration to setup
anyway for these options) just use this option, or NO_DOAS configuration item. See
--no-sudo if you need to disable both types.
--no-html-wan
Overrides use of HTML downloaders to get WAN IP address. Use either only dig, or do
not get wan IP. Only use if dig is failing, and the HTML downloaders are taking too
long, or are hanging or failing.
Make permanent with NO_HTML_WAN='true'
--no-man
Disables man page install with -U for master and active development branches. (Only
active if -U is is not disabled by maintainers).
--no-sensor-force
Overrides user set SENSOR_FORCE configuration value. Restores default behavior.
--no-ssl
Skip SSL certificate checks for all downloader actions (-U, -w, -W, -i). Use if
your system does not have current SSL certificate lists, or if you have problems
making a connection for any reason. Works with Wget, Curl, Perl HTTP::Tiny and
Fetch.
--no-sudo
Skips the use of sudo to run certain internal features (like hddtemp, file) with
sudo. Not related to running inxi itself with sudo or superuser. Some systems will
register errors which will then trigger admin emails in such cases, so if you want
to disable regular user use of sudo (which requires configuration to setup anyway
for these options) just use this option, or NO_SUDO configuration item.
--pm-type [package manager name]
For distro package maintainers only, and only for non apt, rpm, or pacman based
systems. To be used to test replacement package lists for recommends for that
package manager.
--rpm, --pkg
Shortcut. See --force rpm.
--sensors-default
Overrides configuration values SENSORS_USE or SENSORS_EXCLUDE on a one time basis.
--sensors-exclude
Similar to --sensors-use except removes listed sensors from sensor data. Make
permanent with SENSORS_EXCLUDE configuration item. Note that gpu, network, disk,
and other specific device monitor chips are excluded by default.
Example: inxi -sxx --sensors-exclude k10temp-pci-00c3
--sensors-use
Use only the (comma separated) sensor arrays for -s output. Make permanent with
SENSORS_USE configuration item. Sensor array ID value must be the exact value shown
in lm-sensors sensors output (Linux/lm-sensors only). If you only want to exclude
one (or more) sensors from the output, use --sensors-exclude.
Can be useful if the default sensor data used by inxi is not from the right sensor
array. Note that all other sensor data will be removed, which may lead to undesired
consequences. Please be aware that this can lead to many undesirable side-effects,
since default behavior is to use all the sensors arrays and select which values to
use from them following a set sequence of rules. So if you force one to be used,
you may lose data that was used from another one.
Most likely best use is when one (or two) of the sensor arrays has all the sensor
data you want, and you just want to make sure inxi doesn't use data from another
array that has inaccurate or misleading data.
Note that gpu, network, disk, and other specific device monitor chips are excluded
by default, and should not be added since they do not provide cpu, board, system,
etc, sensor data.
Example: inxi -sxx --sensors-use nct6791-isa-0290,k10temp-pci-00c3
--sleep [0-x.x]
Usually in decimals. Change CPU sleep time for -C (current: .35). Sleep is used
to let the system catch up and show a more accurate CPU use. Example:
inxi -Cxxx --sleep 0.15
Overrides default internal value and user configuration value:
CPU_SLEEP=0.25
--tty Forces internal IRC flag to off. Used in unhandled cases where the program running
inxi may not be seen as a shell/pty/tty, but it is not an IRC client. Put --tty
first in option list to avoid unexpected errors. If you want a specific output
width, use the --width option. If you want normal color codes in the output, use
the -c [color ID] flag.
The sign you need to use this is extra numbers before the key/value pairs of the
output of your program. These are IRC, not TTY, color codes. Please post a github
issue if you find you need to use --tty (including the full -Ixxx line) so we can
figure out how to add your program to the list of whitelisted programs.
You can see what inxi believed started it in the -Ixxx line, Shell: or Client:
item. Please let us know what that result was so we can add it to the parent start
program whitelist.
In some cases, you may want to also use --no-filter/-Z option if you want to see
filtered values. Filtering is turned on by default if inxi believes it is running
in an IRC client.
--usb-sys
Shortcut. See --force usb-sys
--usb-tool
Shortcut. See --force lsusb
--wan-ip-url [URL]
Force -i to use supplied URL as WAN IP source. Overrides dig or default IP source
urls. URL must start with http[s] or ftp.
The IP address from the URL must be the last item on the last (non-empty) line of
the page content source code.
Same as configuration value (example):
WAN_IP_URL='https://mysite.com/ip.php'
--wayland, --wl
Shortcut. See --force wayland.
--wm Shortcut. See --force wmctl.
DEBUGGING OPTIONS
--dbg {[1-x][,[1-x]]}
Accepts one or more comma separated dbg specific debugging numbers.
1 - Debug downloader failures. Turns off silent/quiet mode for curl, wget, and
fetch. Shows more downloader action information. Shows some more information for
Perl downloader.
1-xx - See github inxi-perl/docs/inxi-values.txt for specific specialized debugging
options. There are a lot.
--debug [1-3]
- On screen debugger output.
--debug 10
- Basic logging. Check $XDG_DATA_HOME/inxi/inxi.log or
$HOME/.local/share/inxi/inxi.log or $HOME/.inxi/inxi.log.
--debug 11
- Full file/system info logging.
--debug 20
Creates a tar.gz file of system data and collects the inxi output in a file.
* tree traversal data file(s) read from /proc and /sys, and other system data.
* xorg conf and log data, xrandr, xprop, xdpyinfo, glxinfo etc.
* data from dev, disks, partitions, etc.
--debug 21
Automatically uploads debugger data tar.gz file to ftp.smxi.org, then removes the
debug data directory, but leaves the debug tar.gz file. See --ftp for uploading to
alternate locations.
--debug 22
Automatically uploads debugger data tar.gz file to ftp.smxi.org, then removes the
debug data directory and the tar.gz file. See --ftp for uploading to alternate
locations.
--fake-data-dir
Developer only: Change default location of $fake_data_dir, which is where files are
for --fake {item} items.
--ftp [ftp.yoursite.com/incoming]
For alternate ftp upload locations: Example:
inxi --ftp ftp.yourserver.com/incoming --debug 21
DEBUGGING OPTIONS TO DEBUG DEBUGGER FAILURES
Only use the following in conjunction with --debug 2[012], and only use if you experienced
a failure or hang, or were instructed to do so.
--debug-proc
Force debugger to parse /proc directory data when run as root. Normally this is
disabled due to unpredictable data in /proc tree.
--debug-proc-print
Use this to locate file that /proc debugger hangs on.
--debug-no-exit
Skip exit on error when running debugger.
--debug-no-proc
Skip /proc debugging in case of a hang.
--debug-no-sys
Skip /sys debugging in case of a hang.
--debug-sys
Force PowerPC debugger parsing of /sys as doas/sudo/root.
--debug-sys-print
Use this to locate file that /sys debugger hangs on.
SUPPORTED IRC CLIENTS
BitchX, Gaim/Pidgin, ircII, Irssi, Konversation, Kopete, KSirc, KVIrc, Weechat, and Xchat.
Plus any others that are capable of displaying either built-in or external script output.
RUNNING IN IRC CLIENT
To trigger inxi output in your IRC client, pick the appropriate method from the list
below:
Hexchat, XChat, Irssi
(and many other IRC clients) /exec -o inxi [options] If you don't include the -o,
only you will see the output on your local IRC client.
Konversation
/cmd inxi [options]
To run inxi in Konversation as a native script if your distribution or inxi package
hasn't already done this for you, create this symbolic link:
KDE 4: ln -s /usr/local/bin/inxi /usr/share/kde4/apps/konversation/scripts/inxi
KDE 5: ln -s /usr/local/bin/inxi /usr/share/konversation/scripts/inxi
If inxi is somewhere else, change the path /usr/local/bin to wherever it is
located.
If you are using KDE/QT 5, then you may also need to add the following to get the
Konversation /inxi command to work:
ln -s /usr/share/konversation /usr/share/apps/
Then you can start inxi directly, like this:
/inxi [options]
WeeChat
NEW: /exec -o inxi [options]
OLD: /shell -o inxi [options]
Newer (2014 and later) WeeChats work pretty much the same now as other console IRC
clients, with /exec -o inxi [options]. Newer WeeChats have dropped the -curses part
of their program name, i.e.: weechat instead of weechat-curses.
CONFIGURATION FILE
inxi will read its configuration/initialization files in the following order:
/etc/inxi.conf contains the default configurations. These can be overridden by creating a
/etc/inxi.d/inxi.conf file (global override, which will prevent distro packages from
changing or overwriting your edits. This method is recommended if you are using a distro
packaged inxi and want to override some configuration items from the package's default
/etc/inxi.conf file but don't want to lose your changes on a package update.
You can old override, per user, with a user configuration file found in one of the
following locations (inxi will store its config file using the following precedence:
if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not empty, it will go there, else if $HOME/.conf/inxi.conf exists,
it will go there, and as a last default, the legacy location is used), i.e.:
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/inxi.conf > $HOME/.conf/inxi.conf > $HOME/.inxi/inxi.conf
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
See the documentation page for more complete information on how to set these up, and for a
complete list of options:
https://smxi.org/docs/inxi-configuration.htm
Basic Options
Here's a brief overview of the basic options you are likely to want to use:
COLS_MAX_CONSOLE The max display column width on terminal. If terminal/console
width or --width is less than wrap width, wrapping of line starter occurs
COLS_MAX_IRC The max display column width on IRC clients.
COLS_MAX_NO_DISPLAY The max display column width in out of X / Wayland / desktop /
window manager.
CPU_SLEEP Decimal value 0 or more. Default is usually around 0.35 seconds. Time
that inxi will 'sleep' before getting CPU speed data, so that it reflects actual
system state.
DOWNLOADER Sets default inxi downloader: curl, fetch, ftp, perl, wget. See
--recommends output for more information on downloaders and Perl downloaders.
FILTER_STRING Default <filter>. Any string you prefer to see instead for filtered
values.
INDENT Change primary indent width of wide mode output. See --indent.
INDENTS Change primary indents of narrow wrapped mode output, and second level
indents. See --indents.
LIMIT Overrides default of 10 IP addresses per IF. This is only of interest to sys
admins running servers with many IP addresses.
LINES_MAX Values: [-2-xxx]. See -Y for explanation and values. Use -Y -3 to
restore default unlimited output lines. Avoid using this in general unless the
machine is a headless system and you want the output to be always controlled.
MAX_WRAP (or WRAP_MAX) The maximum width where the line starter wraps to its own
line. If terminal/console width or --width is less than wrap width, wrapping of
line starter occurs. Overrides default. See --max-wrap. If 80 or less, wrap will
never happen.
NO_DIG Set to 1 or true to disable WAN IP use of dig and force use of alternate
downloaders.
NO_DOAS Set to 1 or true to disable internal use of doas.
NO_HTML_WAN Set to 1 or true to disable WAN IP use of HTML Downloaders and force
use of dig only, or nothing if dig disabled as well. Same as --no-html-wan. Only
use if dig is failing, and HTML downloaders are hanging.
NO_SUDO Set to 1 or true to disable internal use of sudo.
PARTITION_SORT Overrides default partition output sort. See --partition-sort for
options.
PS_COUNT The default number of items showing per -t type, m or c. Default is 5.
SENSORS_CPU_NO In cases of ambiguous temp1/temp2 (inxi can't figure out which is
the CPU), forces sensors to use either value 1 or 2 as CPU temperature. See the
above configuration page on smxi.org for full info.
SENSORS_EXCLUDE Exclude supplied sensor array[s] from sensor output. Override with
--sensors-default. See --sensors-exclude.
SENSORS_USE Use only supplied sensor array[s]. Override with --sensors-default. See
--sensors-use.
SEP2_CONSOLE Replaces default key / value separator of ':'.
USB_SYS Forces all USB data to use /sys instead of lsusb.
WAN_IP_URL Forces -i to use supplied URL, and to not use dig (dig is generally much
faster). URL must begin with http or ftp. Note that if you use this, the downloader
set tests will run each time you start inxi whether a downloader feature is going
to be used or not.
The IP address from the URL must be the last item on the last (non-empty) line of
the URL's page content source code.
Same as --wan-ip-url [URL]
WEATHER_SOURCE Values: [0-9]. Same as --weather-source. Values 4-9 are not
currently supported, but this can change at any time.
WEATHER_UNIT Values: [m|i|mi|im]. Same as --weather-unit.
Color Options
It's best to use the -c [94-99] color selector tool to set the following values
because it will correctly update the configuration file and remove any invalid or
conflicting items, but if you prefer to create your own configuration files, here
are the options. All take the integer value from the options available in -c 94-99.
NOTE: All default and configuration file set color values are removed when output
is piped or redirected. You must use the explicit -c <color number> option if you
want colors to be present in the piped/redirected output (creating a PDF for
example).
CONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME The color scheme for console output (not in X/Wayland).
GLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME Overrides all other color schemes.
IRC_COLOR_SCHEME Desktop X/Wayland IRC CLI color scheme.
IRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME Out of X/Wayland, IRC CLI color scheme.
IRC_X_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME In X/Wayland IRC client terminal color scheme.
VIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME Color scheme for virtual terminal output (in X/Wayland).
Developer Options
These are useful only for developers.
FAKE_DATA_DIR - change default fake data directory location. See --fake-data-dir.
BUGS
Please report bugs using the following resources.
You may be asked to run the inxi debugger tool (see --debug 21/22), which will upload a
data dump of system files for use in debugging inxi. These data dumps are very important
since they provide us with all the real system data inxi uses to parse out its report.
Issue Report
File an issue report: https://github.com/smxi/inxi/issues
Forums Post on inxi forums: https://techpatterns.com/forums/forum-33.html
IRC irc.oftc.net#smxi
You can also visit irc.oftc.net channel: #smxi to post issues.
HOMEPAGE
https://github.com/smxi/inxi
https://smxi.org/docs/inxi.htm
AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS TO CODE
inxi is a fork of locsmif's very clever infobash script.
Original infobash author and copyright holder: Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Michiel de Boer aka
locsmif
inxi version: Copyright (C) 2008-2021 Harald Hope
This man page was originally created by Gordon Spencer (aka aus9) and is maintained by
Harald Hope (aka h2 or TechAdmin).
Initial CPU logic, konversation version logic, occasional maintenance fixes, and the
initial xiin.py tool for /sys parsing (obsolete, but still very much appreciated for all
the valuable debugger data it helped generate): Scott Rogers
Further fixes (listed as known):
Horst Tritremmel <hjt at sidux.com>
Steven Barrett (aka: damentz) - USB audio patch; swap percent used patch.
Jarett.Stevens - dmidecode -M patch for older systems with no /sys.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING
The nice people at irc.oftc.net channels #linux-smokers-club and #smxi, who all really
have to be considered to be co-developers because of their non-stop enthusiasm and
willingness to provide real-time testing and debugging of inxi development over the years.
LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum members, for major help with development and debugging
new or refactored features, particularly the redone CPU logic of 2021-12.
Siduction forum members, who have helped get some features working by providing a large
number of datasets that have revealed possible variations, particularly for the RAM -m
option.
AntiX users and admins, who have helped greatly with testing and debugging, particularly
for the 3.0.0 release.
ArcherSeven (Max), Brett Bohnenkamper (aka KittyKatt), and Iotaka, who always manage to
find the weirdest or most extreme hardware and setups that help make inxi much more
robust.
For the vastly underrated skill of output error/glitch catching, Pete Haddow. His
patience and focus in going through inxi repeatedly to find errors and inconsistencies is
much appreciated.
For a huge boost to BSD support, Stan Vandiver, who did a lot of testing and setup many
remote access systems for testing and development.
All the inxi package maintainers, distro support people, forum moderators, and in
particular, sys admins with their particular issues, which almost always help make inxi
better, and any others who contribute ideas, suggestions, and patches.
Without a wide range of diverse Linux kernel-based Free Desktop systems to test on, we
could never have gotten inxi to be as reliable and solid as it's turning out to be.
And of course, a big thanks to locsmif, who figured out a lot of the core ideas, logic,
and tricks originally used in inxi Gawk/Bash.