I just stumbled upon "inxi" after reading some other thread about increasing
the size of the swapfile under Mint.

Very informative utility.

I mention this for other relatively low-skilled linux guys as myself. Good
to have in your repetoire.

The problem being that Linux has that big long learning curve and a *lot* of
keen utilities to choose from...but you have to know they exist!

Happy exploring....inxi.

pH in Aptos

On 4/20/23 17:41, pH wrote:
> The problem being that Linux has that big long learning curve and a *lot* of
> keen utilities to choose from...but you have to know they exist!

Open any terminal... start typing the alphabet starting with a (then hit
tab key twice) you will see all the (main) "utilities" available to you
starting with the letter a. then move on to b (double-tab) then c and so
on and so on and so on to z. google them or type man then utility name
to learn about them. like:

man inxi

happy learning

On 4/20/23 8:41 PM, pH wrote:
> I just stumbled upon "inxi" after reading some other thread about increasing
> the size of the swapfile under Mint.
>
> Very informative utility.

Extremely ! I based a system-info client/server app
mostly around parsing inxi output. Use it on all my
Linux boxes - and even a couple of PIs. Useful 2-week
charts result.

>
> I mention this for other relatively low-skilled linux guys as myself. Good
> to have in your repetoire.
>
> The problem being that Linux has that big long learning curve and a *lot* of
> keen utilities to choose from...but you have to know they exist!

People wonder why I always want synaptic or equivs ... it's
because there's SO much software you'll NEVER even hear about
unless it shows up in the descriptions synaptic and friends
provide. Bringing up synaptic is like a visit to the hardware
store - OOOOH ! GOTTA Have THAT !!!

> Happy exploring....inxi.
>
> pH in Aptos
>

On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:16:54 -0700, stepore wrote:
>
> On 4/20/23 17:41, pH wrote:
>> The problem being that Linux has that big long learning curve and a *lot* of
>> keen utilities to choose from...but you have to know they exist!
>
> Open any terminal... start typing the alphabet starting with a (then
> hit tab key twice) you will see all the (main) "utilities" available
> to you starting with the letter a. then move on to b (double-tab) then
> c and so on and so on and so on to z. google them or type man then
> utility name to learn about them. like:
>
> man inxi
>
> happy learning

Note: Some options require root permissions.
--
Andreas

pH wrote:
> I just stumbled upon "inxi" after reading some other thread about increasing
> the size of the swapfile under Mint.
>
> Very informative utility.
>
> I mention this for other relatively low-skilled linux guys as myself. Good
> to have in your repetoire.
>
> The problem being that Linux has that big long learning curve and a *lot* of
> keen utilities to choose from...but you have to know they exist!
>
> Happy exploring....inxi.
>
> pH in Aptos

How to display hardware information the easy way
https://sleeplessbeastie.eu/2022/12/12/how-to-display-hardware-information-the-easy-way/

Get All Kind of System Information in Linux Terminal With inxi
https://itsfoss.com/inxi-system-info-linux/

Am 20.04.2023 schrieb stepore <stepore@be.here.now>:

> Open any terminal... start typing the alphabet starting with a (then
> hit tab key twice) you will see all the (main) "utilities" available
> to you starting with the letter a.

It will only show those that are available in your $PATH variable.
Some distributions like Debian have different $PATH for root and other
users, so you might not see some tools.

Software that isn't installed is also not shown.

> I mention this for other relatively low-skilled linux guys as myself. Good
> to have in your repetoire.

What would be an advantage of inxi over the diverse ls~ commands, like
lscpu, lsirq, lsusb ..?

or lshw (of all choices)?

Cheerio.

On 21/04/2023 04:44, Andrei Z. wrote:
> pH wrote:
>> I just stumbled upon "inxi" after reading some other thread about
>> increasing
>> the size of the swapfile under Mint.
>>
>> Very informative utility.
>>
>> I mention this for other relatively low-skilled linux guys as myself.
>> Good
>> to have in your repetoire.
>>
>> The problem being that Linux has that big long learning curve and a
>> *lot* of
>> keen utilities to choose from...but you have to know they exist!
>>
>> Happy exploring....inxi.
>>
>> pH in Aptos
>
> How to display hardware information the easy way
> https://sleeplessbeastie.eu/2022/12/12/how-to-display-hardware-information-the-easy-way/
>
Actually I found that the Mate System Monitor - which I have running
permanently in a 'panel' - is the easy way to get most of that.

> Get All Kind of System Information in Linux Terminal With inxi
> https://itsfoss.com/inxi-system-info-linux/
>

--
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established
authorities are wrong.”

― Voltaire, The Age of Louis XIV

On 2023-04-21, stepore <stepore@be.here.now> wrote:
> On 4/20/23 17:41, pH wrote:
>> The problem being that Linux has that big long learning curve and a *lot* of
>> keen utilities to choose from...but you have to know they exist!
>
> Open any terminal... start typing the alphabet starting with a (then hit
> tab key twice) you will see all the (main) "utilities" available to you
> starting with the letter a. then move on to b (double-tab) then c and so
> on and so on and so on to z. google them or type man then utility name
> to learn about them. like:
>
> man inxi
>
> happy learning
>
>

Thank-you for this tip...I've spent many happy hours investigating programs
this way.

Anyone know a way to capture the output of "TAB TAB 'Y'" to a file so *all*
the programs the system is aware of is in one place to persue?

pH in Aptos

On 2023-04-21, Michael Uplawski <michael.uplawski@uplawski.eu> wrote:
>
>> I mention this for other relatively low-skilled linux guys as myself. Good
>> to have in your repetoire.
>
> What would be an advantage of inxi over the diverse ls~ commands, like
> lscpu, lsirq, lsusb ..?
>
> or lshw (of all choices)?
>
> Cheerio.

Those are great, too...I just have to *remember* them. As I tell my Windoze
friends: Linux likes to give you many ways to skin the proverbial cat.
Everyone has his favourite tool set.

pH in Aptos

On 2023-04-21 18:44, pH wrote:
> On 2023-04-21, stepore <stepore@be.here.now> wrote:
>> On 4/20/23 17:41, pH wrote:
>>> The problem being that Linux has that big long learning curve and a *lot* of
>>> keen utilities to choose from...but you have to know they exist!
>>
>> Open any terminal... start typing the alphabet starting with a (then hit
>> tab key twice) you will see all the (main) "utilities" available to you
>> starting with the letter a. then move on to b (double-tab) then c and so
>> on and so on and so on to z. google them or type man then utility name
>> to learn about them. like:
>>
>> man inxi
>>
>> happy learning
>>
>>
>
> Thank-you for this tip...I've spent many happy hours investigating programs
> this way.
>
> Anyone know a way to capture the output of "TAB TAB 'Y'" to a file so *all*
> the programs the system is aware of is in one place to persue?
You do not need to.

just do:

ls /bin /usr/bin/ /usr/local/bin/ > somefile.txt

And similarly for sbin.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:12:53 -0400, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> just do:
>
> ls /bin /usr/bin/ /usr/local/bin/ > somefile.txt
>
> And similarly for sbin.

Also skim through "man bash" (or whatever shell is being used) for all of it's
built-in commands.

Like learning dos, or how to use any gui, time has to be invested learning
what's available.

Learning the details of any given feature/command can be left until you have a
need for that feature, but having a good overview of what's available and how
to find those details later is a basic requirement of using any software well.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

On 4/20/23 23:36, Marco Moock wrote:
> Am 20.04.2023 schrieb stepore <stepore@be.here.now>:
>
>> Open any terminal... start typing the alphabet starting with a (then
>> hit tab key twice) you will see all the (main) "utilities" available
>> to you starting with the letter a.
>
> It will only show those that are available in your $PATH variable.
> Some distributions like Debian have different $PATH for root and other
> users, so you might not see some tools.
>
> Software that isn't installed is also not shown.
>

Wasn't meant to be thorough or complete. Just to get a newb started on
exploring.

On 4/21/23 00:38, Michael Uplawski wrote:
>
>> I mention this for other relatively low-skilled linux guys as myself. Good
>> to have in your repetoire.
>
> What would be an advantage of inxi over the diverse ls~ commands, like
> lscpu, lsirq, lsusb ..?
>
> or lshw (of all choices)?

Don't forget my old-school fav:
/sbin/dmidecode

man 8 dmidecode

On 4/21/23 22:01, stepore wrote:

> Don't forget my old-school fav:
> /sbin/dmidecode
>
> man 8 dmidecode

Guess I could have given an example:
sudo dmidecode -t processor

On 2023-04-21, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2023-04-21 18:44, pH wrote:
>> On 2023-04-21, stepore <stepore@be.here.now> wrote:
>>> On 4/20/23 17:41, pH wrote:
>>>> The problem being that Linux has that big long learning curve and a *lot* of
>>>> keen utilities to choose from...but you have to know they exist!
>>>
>>> Open any terminal... start typing the alphabet starting with a (then hit
>>> tab key twice) you will see all the (main) "utilities" available to you
>>> starting with the letter a. then move on to b (double-tab) then c and so
>>> on and so on and so on to z. google them or type man then utility name
>>> to learn about them. like:
>>>
>>> man inxi
>>>
>>> happy learning
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thank-you for this tip...I've spent many happy hours investigating programs
>> this way.
>>
>> Anyone know a way to capture the output of "TAB TAB 'Y'" to a file so *all*
>> the programs the system is aware of is in one place to persue?
> You do not need to.
>
> just do:
>
> ls /bin /usr/bin/ /usr/local/bin/ > somefile.txt
>
> And similarly for sbin.
>

Ah.....(as realization slowly dawns on him). I had thought that all these
executables were collected from a myriad of spots. (like /usr and /opt and
and....)

I begin to perceive.. Thanks.

pH

On 2023-04-22, stepore <stepore@be.here.now> wrote:
> On 4/21/23 00:38, Michael Uplawski wrote:
>>
>>> I mention this for other relatively low-skilled linux guys as myself. Good
>>> to have in your repetoire.
>>
>> What would be an advantage of inxi over the diverse ls~ commands, like
>> lscpu, lsirq, lsusb ..?
>>
>> or lshw (of all choices)?
>
> Don't forget my old-school fav:
> /sbin/dmidecode
>
> man 8 dmidecode

Whoa, that one is interesting...has to be run as root, I see.
pH

On 2023-04-22 21:49, pH wrote:
> On 2023-04-21, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2023-04-21 18:44, pH wrote:

....

>>> Anyone know a way to capture the output of "TAB TAB 'Y'" to a file so *all*
>>> the programs the system is aware of is in one place to persue?
>> You do not need to.
>>
>> just do:
>>
>> ls /bin /usr/bin/ /usr/local/bin/ > somefile.txt
>>
>> And similarly for sbin.
>>
>
>
> Ah.....(as realization slowly dawns on him). I had thought that all these
> executables were collected from a myriad of spots. (like /usr and /opt and
> and....)
>
> I begin to perceive.. Thanks.

Run:

echo $PATH

They are collected from there.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 16:57:22 -0400, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

> On 2023-04-22 21:49, pH wrote:
>> On 2023-04-21, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2023-04-21 18:44, pH wrote:
>
> ...
>
>>>> Anyone know a way to capture the output of "TAB TAB 'Y'" to a file so *all*
>>>> the programs the system is aware of is in one place to persue?
>>> You do not need to.
>>>
>>> just do:
>>>
>>> ls /bin /usr/bin/ /usr/local/bin/ > somefile.txt
>>>
>>> And similarly for sbin.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Ah.....(as realization slowly dawns on him). I had thought that all these
>> executables were collected from a myriad of spots. (like /usr and /opt and
>> and....)
>>
>> I begin to perceive.. Thanks.
>
> Run:
>
> echo $PATH
>
> They are collected from there.

There's also /usr/libexec. The executables in there are not normally run directly
but there are times when it is appropriate.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

On 2023-04-22, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2023-04-22 21:49, pH wrote:
>> On 2023-04-21, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2023-04-21 18:44, pH wrote:
>
> ...
>
>>>> Anyone know a way to capture the output of "TAB TAB 'Y'" to a file so *all*
>>>> the programs the system is aware of is in one place to persue?
>>> You do not need to.
>>>
>>> just do:
>>>
>>> ls /bin /usr/bin/ /usr/local/bin/ > somefile.txt
>>>
>>> And similarly for sbin.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Ah.....(as realization slowly dawns on him). I had thought that all these
>> executables were collected from a myriad of spots. (like /usr and /opt and
>> and....)
>>
>> I begin to perceive.. Thanks.
>
> Run:
>
> echo $PATH
>
> They are collected from there.
>

Thank-you.
pH