inxi/inxi.1

.TH INXI 1 "2018\-04\-03" inxi "inxi manual"
.SH NAME
inxi  \- Command line system information script for console and IRC 
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBinxi\fR \- Single line, short form. Very basic output.

\fBinxi \fR[\fB\-AbBCdDfFGhHiIlmMnNopPrRsSuUVwzZ\fR] 

\fBinxi \fR[\fB\-c NUMBER\fR] [\fB\-t c|m|cm|mc [NUMBER]\fR] \fR[\fB\-v NUMBER\fR]
[\fB\-W LOCATION\fR] [\fB\-y WIDTH\fR]

\fBinxi \fR[\fB\-\-recommends\fR] \fR[\fB\-\-slots\fR] \fR[\fB\-\-usb\fR] 

\fBinxi \fB\-x\fR|\fB\-xx\fR|\fB\-xxx\fR \fB\-OPTION(s) \fR

All options have long form variants - see below for these and more advanced options.

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBinxi\fR 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. 

\fBinxi\fR 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 \fB\-c 0\fR, or changed using the \fB\-c\fR color options listed in the 
STANDARD OPTIONS section below.

.SH PRIVACY AND SECURITY
In order to maintain basic privacy and security, inxi used on IRC automatically 
filters out your network card mac address, WAN and LAN IP, your \fB/home\fR 
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 \fB\-z\fR option (\fB\-Fz\fR, for example). To override 
the IRC filter, you can use the \fB\-Z\fR option. This can be useful in debugging 
network connection issues online in a private chat, for example.

.SH 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 discretio, except when
using \fB \-t\fR.

For example: 
.B inxi 
\fB\-AG\fR or \fBinxi \-A \-G\fR or \fBinxi \-c10\fR

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.

.SH STANDARD OPTIONS 
.TP
.B \-A\fR,\fB \-\-audio\fR
Show Audio/sound card information.
.TP
.B \-b\fR,\fB \-\-basic\fR
Shows basic output, short form. Same as: \fBinxi \-v 2\fR
.TP
.B \-B\fR,\fB \-\-battery\fR
Shows Battery data, charge, condition, plus extra information (if battery present). 
Uses \fB/sys\fR or for BSDs without systctl battery data, \fBdmidecode\fR. 
\fBdmidecode\fR does not have very much information, and none about current battery 
state/charge/voltage. Supports multiple batteries when using \fB/sys\fR data.

Note that for \fBcharge\fR, the output shows the current charge, as well as its
value as 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 \fB22.2 Wh\fR.

\fBcharge: 20.1 Wh 95.4%\fR

The \fBcondition\fR item shows the remaining available capacity / original design 
capacity, and then this figure as a percentage of original capacity available in the battery. 

\fBcondition: 22.2/36.4 Wh (61%)\fR

.TP
.B \-c\fR,\fB \-\-color\fR \fR[\fB0\fR\-\fB43\fR] 
Set color scheme. If no scheme number is supplied, 0 is assumed. 

.TP	 
.B \-c \fR[\fB94\fR\-\fB99\fR]

These color selectors run a color selector option  prior to inxi starting which lets 
you set the config file value for the selection.

Color selectors for each type display (NOTE: IRC and global only show safe color set):
.TP
.B \-c 94\fR
\- Console, out of X.
.TP
.B \-c 95\fR
\- Terminal, running in X \- like xTerm.
.TP
.B \-c 96\fR
\- GUI IRC, running in X \- like XChat, Quassel, 
Konversation etc.
.TP
.B \-c 97\fR
\- Console IRC running in X \- like irssi in xTerm.
.TP
.B \-c 98\fR
\- Console IRC not in  X.
.TP
.B \-c 99\fR
\- Global \- Overrides/removes all settings.

Setting a specific color type removes the global color selection.
.TP
.B \-C\fR,\fB \-\-cpu\fR  
Show full CPU output, including per CPU clock speed and CPU max speed (if available). 
If max speed data present, shows \fB(max)\fR in short output formats (\fB\inxi\fR, 
\fB\inxi \-b\fR) if actual CPU speed matches max CPU speed. If max CPU speed does 
not match actual CPU speed, shows both actual and max speed information. 
See \fB\-x\fR for more options. 

For certain CPUs (some ARM, and AMD Zen family) shows CPU die count.

The details for each CPU include a technical description e.g \fBtype: MT MCP\fR

* \fBMT\fR \- Multi/Hyper Threaded CPU, more than 1 thread per core (previously \fBHT\fR).

* \fBMCM\fR \- Multi Chip Model (more than 1 die per CPU).

* \fBMCP\fR \- Multi Core Processor (more than 1 core per CPU).

* \fBSMP\fR \- Symmetric Multi Processing (more than 1 physical CPUs).

* \fBUP\fR \- Uni (single core) Processor.

.TP
.B \-d\fR,\fB \-\-disk\-full\fR,\fB\-\-optical\fR  
Show optical drive data as well as \fB\-D\fR hard drive data. With \fB\-x\fR, 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 I am aware of, 
so it will simply show the floppy ID without any extra data. \fB\-xx\fR adds a
few more features.
.TP
.B \-D\fR,\fB \-\-disk\fR
Show Hard Disk info. Shows total disk space, used percentage, and details for 
each disk.  The disk used percentage includes space used by swap partition(s), 
since those are not usable for data storage. Note that 
with RAID disks, the percentage will be wrong since the total is computed from the 
disk sizes, but used is computed from mounted partition used percentages. This 
small defect may get corrected in the future. Also, unmounted partitions are not
counted in disk use percentages since inxi has no access to that data.
.TP
.B \-f\fR,\fB \-\-flags\fR
Show all CPU flags used, not just the short list. Not shown with \fB\-F\fR in order
to avoid spamming. ARM CPUs: show \fBfeatures\fR items.
.TP
.B \-F\fR,\fB \-\-full\fR
Show Full output for inxi. Includes all Upper Case line letters except \fB\-W\fR, 
plus \fB\-s\fR and \fB\-n\fR. Does not show extra verbose options such as 
\fB\-d \-f \-i \-l \-m \-o \-p \-r \-t \-u \-x\fR unless you use those arguments in 
the command, e.g.: \fBinxi \-Frmxx\fR
.TP
.B \-G\fR,\fB \-\-graphics\fR
Show Graphic card information, including details of Card(s), Display Server
(vendor and version number), e.g.: 

\fBDisplay Server: x11 (Xorg 1.15.1)\fR

as well as screen resolution(s), OpenGL renderer, OpenGL core profile version/OpenGL 
version. 

If detected (currently only available if on a desktop), it will attempt to show the 
server type, i.e., X11, Wayland, Mir. When Xorg is present, its version information 
will show after the server type in parentheses. Compositor information will show if
detected using \fB\-xx\fR option.
.TP
.B \-h\fR,\fB \-\-help\fR
The help menu. Features dynamic sizing to fit into terminal window. Set script 
global \fBCOLS_MAX_CONSOLE\fR if you want a different default value, or 
use \fB\-y <width>\fR to temporarily override the defaults or actual window width.
.TP
.B \-H\fR,\fB \-\-help\-full\fR
The help menu, plus developer options. Do not use dev options in normal 
operation!
.TP
.B \-i\fR,\fB \-\-ip\fR
Show WAN IP address, and local interfaces (latter requires \fBifconfig\fR or 
\fBip\fR network tool). as well as network output from \fB\-n\fR. 
Not shown with \fB\-F\fR for user security reasons, you shouldn't paste your 
local/WAN IP. Shows both IPv4 and IPv6 link IP addresses.

.TP
.B \-I\fR,\fB \-\-info\fR
Show Information: processes, uptime, memory, IRC client (or shell type if run in 
shell, not IRC), inxi version. See \fB\-x\fR and \fB\-xx\fR for extra information 
(init type/version, runlevel).
.TP
.B \-l\fR,\fB \-\-label\fR
Show partition labels. Default: main partitions \fB\-P\fR. For full \fB\-p\fR output, 
use: \fB\-pl\fR.
.TP
.B \-m\fR,\fB \-\-memory\fR
Memory (RAM) data. Does not display with  \fB\-b\fR or  \fB\-F\fR unless you use \fB\-m\fR 
explicitly. Ordered by system board physical system memory array(s) (\fBArray\-[number]\fR), 
and individual memory devices (\fBDevice\-[number]\fR). Physical memory 
array  data shows array capacity, number of devices supported, and Error Correction 
information. Devices shows locator data (highly variable in syntax), size, speed,
type (eg: \fBtype: DDR3\fR). 

Note that \fB\-m\fR uses \fBdmidecode\fR, which must be run as root (or start 
\fBinxi\fR with \fBsudo\fR), unless you figure out how to set up sudo to permit 
dmidecode to read \fB/dev/mem\fR as user. Note that speed will not show if \fBNo Module 
Installed\fR is found in \fBsize\fR. This will also turn off Bus Width data output if it is null. 

If memory information was found, and if the \fB\-I\fR line or the \fB\-tm\fR item have 
not been triggered, will also print the ram used/total.

Because \fBdmidecode\fR data is extremely unreliable, inxi will try to make best guesses. 
If you see \fB(check)\fR after the capacity number, you should check it with the 
specifications. \fB(est)\fR is slightly more reliable, but you should still check 
the real specifications before buying RAM. Unfortunately there is nothing \fBinxi\fR 
can do to get truly reliable data about the system ram, maybe one day the kernel devs 
will put this data into \fB/sys\fR, 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.
.TP
.B \-M\fR,\fB \-\-machine\fR
Show machine data. Device, Motherboard, Bios, and if present, System Builder (Like Lenovo).
Older systems/kernels without the required \fB/sys\fR data can use \fBdmidecode\fR instead, run 
as root. If using \fBdmidecode\fR, may also show BIOS/UEFI revision as well as version. 
\fB\-\-dmidecode\fR forces use of \fBdmidecode\fR data instead of \fB/sys\fR. 
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 \fB/sys\fR or \fBdmidecode\fR. 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. 
.TP
.B \-n\fR,\fB \-\-network-advanced\fR
Show Advanced Network card information in addition to that produced by \fB\-N\fR. 
Shows interface, speed, MAC ID, state, etc.
.TP
.B \-N\fR,\fB \-\-network\fR
Show Network card information. With \fB\-x\fR, shows PCI BusID, Port number.
.TP
.B \-o\fR,\fB \-\-unmounted\fR
Show unmounted partition information (includes UUID and LABEL if available).
Shows file system type if you have \fBlsblk\fR installed (Linux only). For BSD/GNU Linux:
shows file system type if \fBfile\fR is installed, and if you are root or
if you have added to \fB/etc/sudoers\fR (sudo v. 1.7 or newer): 

.B <username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/file (sample)

Does not show components (partitions that create the md raid array) of md\-raid arrays.
.TP
.B \-p\fR,\fB \-\-partitions-full\fR
Show full Partition information (\fB\-P\fR plus all other detected mounted partitions).
.TP
.B \-P\fR,\fB \-\-partitions\fR
Show basic Partition information.
Shows, if detected: \fB/ /boot /home /opt /tmp /usr /var /var/tmp /var/log\fR. 
Use \fB\-p\fR to see all mounted partitions.
.TP
.B \-r\fR,\fB \-\-repos\fR
Show distro repository data. Currently supported repo types:

\fBAPK\fR (Alpine Linux + derived versions)

\fBAPT\fR (Debian, Ubuntu + derived versions)

\fBEOPKG\fR (Solus)

\fBPACMAN\fR (Arch Linux + derived versions)

\fBPISI\fR (Pardus + derived versions)

\fBPORTAGE\fR (Gentoo, Sabayon + derived versions)

\fBPORTS\fR (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD + derived OS types)

\fBSLACKPKG\fR (Slackware + derived versions)

\fBURPMQ\fR (Mandriva, Mageia + derived versions)

\fBYUM/ZYPP\fR (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.
.TP
.B \-R\fR,\fB \-\-raid\fR
Show RAID data. Shows RAID devices, states, levels, and components, and 
extra data with \fB\-x\fR / \fB\-xx\fR. 

md\-raid: If device is resyncing, also shows resync progress line. 

Note: Only md\-raid and ZFS are currently supported. Other software RAID types could 
be added, but only if users supply all data required, and if the software 
RAID actually can be made to give the required output. 

.TP
.B \-\-recommends\fR
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.
.TP
.B \-s\fR,\fB \-\-sensors\fR
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.
.
.TP
.B \-\-slots\fR
Show PCI slots with type, speed, and status information.
.TP
.B \-S\fR,\fB \-\-system\fR
Show System information: host name, kernel, desktop environment (if in X), 
distro. With \fB\-xx\fR show dm \- or startx \- (only shows if present and 
running if out of X), and if in X, with \fB\-xxx\fR show more desktop info, 
e.g. shell/panel.
.TP
.B \-t\fR,\fB \-\-processes\fR
\fR[\fBc|m||cm|mc NUMBER\fR] Show processes. If followed by numbers \fB1\-20\fR, 
shows that number of processes for each type 
(default: \fB5\fR; if in IRC, max: \fB5\fR)

Make sure that there is no space between letters and numbers (e.g. write as \fB\-t cm10\fR).
.TP
.B \-t c\fR
\- CPU only. With \fB\-x\fR, also shows memory for that process on same line.
.TP
.B \-t m\fR
\- memory only. With \fB\-x\fR, also shows CPU for that process on same line. 
If the \-I line is not triggered, will also show the system RAM used/total 
information.
.TP
.B \-t cm\fR
\- CPU+memory. With \fB\-x\fR, shows also CPU or memory for that process on 
same line.

.TP
.B \-\-usb\fR
Show USB data for attached Hubs and Devices.

.TP
.B \-u\fR,\fB \-\-uuid\fR
Show partition UUIDs. Default: main partitions \fB\-P\fR. For full \fB\-p\fR 
output, use: \fB\-pu\fR.
.TP
.B \-U\fR,\fB \-\-update\fR
Note \- Maintainer may have disabled this function. 

If inxi \fB\-h\fR has no listing for \fB\-U\fR 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: 
\fB/usr/local/share/man/man1\fR (if \fB/usr/local/share/man/\fR exists 
AND there is no inxi man page in \fB/usr/share/man/man1\fR, otherwise it 
goes to \fB/usr/share/man/man1\fR). This requires that you be root to write 
to that directory. 

.TP
.B \-V\fR,\fB \-\-version\fR
inxi version information. Prints information then exits.
.TP
.B \-v\fR,\fB \-\-verbosity\fR
Script verbosity levels. If no verbosity level number is given, 0 is assumed. 
Should not be used with \fB\-b\fR or \fB\-F\fR. 

Supported levels: \fB0\-8\fR Examples :\fB inxi \-v 4 \fR or \fB inxi \-v4\fR
.TP
.B \-v 0 
\- Short output, same as: \fBinxi\fR
.TP
.B \-v 1 
\- Basic verbose, \fB\-S\fR + basic CPU (cores, type, clock speed, and min/max 
speeds, if available) + \fB\-G\fR + basic Disk + \fB\-I\fR.
.TP
.B \-v 2 
\- Adds networking card (\fB\-N\fR), Machine (\fB\-M\fR) data, Battery (\fB\-B\fR)
(if available). Same as: \fBinxi \-b\fR
.TP
.B \-v 3 
\- Adds advanced CPU (\fB\-C\fR) and network (\fB\-n\fR) data; triggers \fB\-x\fR 
advanced data option.
.TP
.B \-v 4 
\- Adds partition size/used data (\fB\-P\fR) for (if present):
\fB/ /home /var/ /boot\fR Shows full disk data (\fB\-D\fR)
.TP
.B \-v 5 
\- Adds audio card (\fB\-A\fR); memory/RAM (\fB\-m\fR);sensors (\fB\-s\fR), 
partition label (\fB\-l\fR), UUID (\fB\-u\fR), and short form of 
optical drives.
.TP
.B \-v 6 
\- Adds full mounted partition data (\fB\-p\fR), unmounted partition data (\fB\-o\fR), 
optical drive data (\fB\-d\fR); USB (\fB\-\-usb\fR); triggers \fB\-xx\fR extra data option.
.TP
.B \-v 7 
\- Adds network IP data (\fB\-i\fR); triggers \fB\-xxx\fR
.TP
.B \-v 8 
\- All system data available. Adds Repos (\fB\-r\fR), PCI slots (\fB\-\-slots\fR), processes
(\fB\-tcm\fR). Useful for testing output and to see what data you can get from your system.
.TP
.B \-w\fR,\fB \-\-weather\fR
Adds weather line. Note, this depends on an unreliable API so it may not always 
be working in the future. To get weather for an alternate location, use 
\fB\-W\fR. See also \fB\-x\fR, \fB\-xx\fR, \fB\-xxx\fR option.
Please note that your distribution's maintainer may chose to disable this feature.
.TP
.B \-W\fR,\fB \-\-weather\-location <location_string>\fR
Get weather/time for an alternate location. Accepts postal/zip code, 
city,state pair, or latitude,longitude. Note: city/country/state names must not 
contain spaces. Replace spaces with '\fB+\fR' sign. Don't place spaces around any commas. 
Use only ASCII letters in city/state/country names, sorry. 

Examples: \fB\-W 95623\fR OR \fB\-W Boston,MA\fR OR \fB\-W45.5234,\-122.6762\fR 
OR \fB\-W new+york,ny\fR OR \fB\-W bodo,norway\fR.
.TP
.B \-y\fR,\fB \-\-width <integer >= 80>\fR
This is an absolute width override which sets the output line width max. 
Overrides \fBCOLS_MAX_IRC\fR / \fBCOLS_MAX_CONSOLE\fR globals, or the 
actual widths of the terminal. Example: \fBinxi \-Fxx\ \-y 130fR 
.TP
.B \-z\fR,\fB \-\-filter\fR
Adds security filters for IP addresses, MAC, location (\fB\-w\fR), and user 
home directory name. On by default for IRC clients.
.TP
.B \-Z\fR,\fB \-\-filter-override\fR
Absolute override for output filters. Useful for debugging networking 
issues in IRC for example.
.SH EXTRA DATA OPTIONS
These options can be triggered by one or more \fB\-x\fR. 
Alternatively, the \fB\-v\fR options trigger them in the following 
way: \fB\-v 3\fR adds \fB\-x\fR; 
\fB\-v 6\fR adds \fB\-xx\fR; \fB\-v 7\fR adds \fB\-xxx\fR

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.: \fB\-bxx\fR or \fB\-Sxxx\fR

There are 3 extra data levels: 

\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-xx\fR, \fB\-xxx\fR

OR

\fB\-\-extra 1\fR, \fB\-\-extra 2\fR, \fB\-\-extra 3\fR

The following details show which lines / items show extra information for each 
extra data level.
.TP
.B \-x \-A\fR
\- Adds version/port(s)/driver version (if available) for each Audio 
device.
.TP
.B \-x \-A\fR
\- Shows PCI Bus ID/USB ID number of each Audio device.
.TP
.B \-x \-B\fR
\- Shows Vendor/Model, battery status (if battery present).
.TP 
.B \-x \-C\fR
\- bogomips on CPU (if available); CPU Flags (short list).
.TP 
.B \-x \-C\fR
\- 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 and model ID.

Examples: \fBarch: Sandy Bridge rev: 2\fR, \fBarch: K8 rev.F+ rev: 2\fR
.TP
.B \-x \-d\fR
\- Adds items to features line of optical drive; adds rev version to 
optical drive.
.TP
.B \-x \-D\fR
\- HDD temperature with disk data if you have hddtemp installed, if you are root 
or if you have added to \fB/etc/sudoers\fR (sudo v. 1.7 or newer): 

.B <username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hddtemp (sample)

.TP
.B \-x \-G\fR
\- Direct rendering status.
.TP
.B \-x \-G\fR
\- (for single GPU, nvidia driver) screen number that GPU is running on.
.TP
.B \-x \-G\fR
\- Shows PCI Bus ID/USB ID number of each Graphics card.
.TP
.B \-x \-i\fR
\- Show IP v6 additional scope data, like Global, Site, Temporary for 
each interface.

Note that there is no way I am aware of to filter out the deprecated 
IP v6 scope site/global temporary addresses from the output of 
\fBifconfig\fR. The \fBip\fR tool shows that clearly.

\fBip\-v6\-temporary\fR \- (\fBip\fR tool only), scope global temporary. 
Scope global temporary deprecated is not shown

\fBip\-v6\-global\fR \- scope global (\fBifconfig\fR will show this for 
all types, global, global temporary, and global temporary deprecated, 
\fBip\fR shows it only for global)

\fBip\-v6\-link\fR \- scope link (\fBip\fR/\fBifconfig\fR) \- default 
for \fB\-i\fR. 

\fBip\-v6\-site\fR \- scope site (\fBip\fR/\fBifconfig\fR). This has been 
deprecated in IPv6, but still exists. \fBifconfig\fR may show multiple site 
values, as with global temporary, and global temporary deprecated.

\fBip\-v6\-unknown\fR \- unknown scope

.TP
.B \-x \-I\fR
\- Shows current init system (and init rc in some cases, like OpenRC). 
With \fB\-xx\fR, shows init/rc version number, if available.
.B \-x \-I\fR
\- Shows default system gcct. With \fB\-xx\fR, also show other installed gcc 
versions. 
.TP
.B \-x \-I\fR
\- Show current runlevel (not available with all init systems). 
.TP
.B \-x \-I\fR
\- If in shell (i.e. not in IRC client), shows shell version number, if available.
.TP
.B \-x \-m\fR
\- If present, shows maximum memory module/device size in the Array line. 
Only some systems will have this data available. Shows estimate if it can 
generate one.
.TP
.B \-x \-m\fR
\- Shows device type in the Device line.
.TP
.B \-x \-N\fR
\- Adds version/port(s)/driver version (if available) for each Network card;
.TP
.B \-x \-N\fR
\- Shows PCI Bus ID/USB ID number of each Network card.
.TP
.B \-x \-R\fR
\- md\-raid: Adds second RAID Info line with extra data: blocks; chunk size; 
bitmap (if present). Resync line, shows blocks synced/total blocks. 
.TP
.B \-x \-S\fR
\- Desktop toolkit, if available (GNOME/Xfce/KDE only); Kernel gcc version.
.TP
.B \-x \-t\fR
\- Adds memory use output to CPU (\fB\-xt c\fR), and CPU use to memory 
(\fB\-xt m\fR). 
.TP
.B \-x \-\-usb\fR
\- For Devices, show USB speed.
.TP
.B \-x \-w\fR,\fB \-W\fR
\- Adds humidity and barometric pressure.
.TP
.B \-x \-w\fR,\fB \-W\fR
\- Adds wind speed and direction.
.TP
.B \-xx \-A\fR
\- Adds vendor:product ID for each Audio device.
.TP
.B \-xx \-B\fR
\- Adds serial number, voltage (if available). 

Note that \fBvolts\fR shows the data (if available) as: Voltage Now / Minimum 
Design Voltage
.TP
.B \-xx \-D\fR
\- Adds disk serial number.
.TP
.B \-xx \-G\fR
\- Adds vendor:product ID of each Graphics card. 
.TP
.B \-xx \-G\fR
\- (Wayland/Mir only; experimental) if found, attempts to show compositor. 
.TP
.B \-xx \-G\fR
\- For free drivers, adds OpenGL compatibility version number if  available. 
For nonfree drivers, the core version and compatibility versions are the same. 
Example:

\fBv: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 compat\-v: 3.0\fR
.TP
.B \-xx \-I\fR
\- Shows init type version number (and rc if present).
.TP
.B \-xx \-I\fR
\- Adds other detected installed gcc versions (if present).
.TP
.B \-xx \-I\fR
\- Shows system default runlevel, if detected. Supports Systemd/Upstart/SysVinit 
type defaults. 
.TP
.B \-xx \-I\fR
\- Adds parent program (or tty) that started shell, if not IRC client.
.TP
.B \-xx \-m\fR
\- Shows memory device Manufacturer.
.TP
.B \-xx \-m\fR
\- Shows memory device Part Number (\fBpart-no:\fR). Useful for ordering new or 
replacement memory sticks etc. Part numbers are unique, particularly 
if you use the word \fBmemory\fR in the search as well. With \fB\-xxx\fR, 
also shows Serial Number.
.TP
.B \-xx \-m\fR
\- 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 \fBdmidecode\fR 
output for \fBtype 6\fR and \fBtype 17\fR.
.TP
.B \-xx \-M\fR
\- Adds chassis information, if data is available. Also shows BIOS 
ROM size if using \fBdmidecode\fR.
.TP
.B \-xx \-N\fR
\- Adds vendor:product ID for each Network card.
.TP
.B \-xx \-R\fR
\- md\-raid: Shows superblock (if present) and algorithm. If resync, 
shows progress bar.
.TP
.B \-xx \-S\fR
\- Adds, if run in X, display manager type (if present). 
If none, shows N/A. Supports most known display managers, including xdm, gdm, kdm, 
slim, lightdm, and mdm.
.TP
.B \-xx \-\-slots\fR
\- Show slot length.
.TP
.B \-xx \-\-usb\fR
\- Show vendor:chip id.
.TP
.B \-xx \-w\fR,\fB \-W\fR
\- Adds wind chill, heat index, and dew point if any of these are available.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-B\fR
\- Adds battery chemistry (e.g. \fBLi\-ion\fR), cycles (NOTE: there appears to 
be a problem with the Linux kernel obtaining the cycle count, so this almost 
always shows \fB0\fR. 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 
\fBdmidecodefR derived output).
.TP
.B \-xxx \-D\fR
\- Adds disk firmware revision number, if available (nvme and possibly other types).
.TP
.B \-xxx \-D\fR
\- Adds disk partition scheme (in some but not all cases). E.g. scheme: \fBGPT\fR
.TP
.B \-xxx \-I\fR
\- For \fBShell:\fR adds \fB(su|sudo|login)\fR to shell name if present.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-I\fR
\- For \fBrunning in:\fR adds \fB(SSH)\fR to parent, if present. SSH detection 
uses the \fBwho am i\fR test.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-m\fR
\- Memory bus width: primary bus width, and if present, total width. e.g., 
\fBbus width: 64 bit (total: 72 bits)\fR . Note that total / data widths are mixed up 
sometimes in dmidecode output, so inxi will take the larger value as the total if 
present. If no total width data is found, then inxi will not show that item.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-m\fR
\- Adds device Type Detail, e.g., \fBdetail: DDR3 (Synchronous)\fR.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-m\fR
\- If present, will add memory module voltage. Only some systems will have this 
data available.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-m\fR
\- Shows device Serial Number.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-R\fR
\- md\-raid: Adds system mdraid support types (kernel support,read ahead, RAID events)

\- zfs\-raid: Shows portion allocated (used) by RAID array/device.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-S\fR
\- Adds, if run in X, shell/panel type info (if present). 
If none, shows nothing. Supports some current desktop extras like gnome\-panel, 
lxde\-panel, and others. Added mainly for Mint support.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-w\fR,\fB \-W\fR
\- Adds location (city state country), altitude, weather observation time.

.SH ADVANCED OPTIONS

.TP
.B \-\-alt 40\fR
Bypass \fBPerl\fR as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), 
Curl, Wget, Fetch, (OpenBSD only) ftp.

.TP
.B \-\-alt 41\fR
Bypass \fBCurl\fR as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), 
Curl, Wget, Fetch, (OpenBSD only) ftp.

.TP
.B \-\-alt 42\fR
Bypass \fBFetch\fR as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), 
Curl, Wget, Fetch, (OpenBSD only) ftp.

.B \-\-alt 43\fR
Bypass \fBwget\fR as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), 
Curl, Wget, Fetch, OpenBSD only: ftp

.TP
.B \-\-alt 44\fR
Bypass \fBCurl\fR, \fBFetch\fR, and \fBWget\fR as downloader options. This 
basically forces the downloader selection to use \fBPerl 5.x\fR \fBHTTP::Tiny\fR, 
which is generally slower than \fBCurl\fR or \fBWget\fR but it may help bypass 
issues with downloading.

.TP
.B \-\-display [:[0-9]]\fR
Will try to get display data out of X (does not usually work as root user). 
Default gets display info from display \fB:0\fR. If you use the format  
\fB\-\-display :1\fR then it would get it from display \fB1\fR instead, 
or any display you specify.

Note that in some cases, \fB\-\-display\fR 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: 
\fBglxinfo -display :0\fR

If it hangs, \fB\-\-display\fR will not work.

.TP
.B \-\-dmidecode\fR
Force use of \fBdmidecode\fR. This will override \fB/sys\fR data in some lines, 
e.g. \fB\-M\fR or \fB\-B\fR.

.TP
.B \-\-downloader [curl|fetch|perl|wget]\fR
Force inxi to use Curl, Fetch, Perl, or Wget for downloads.

.TP
.B \-\-host\fR
Turns on hostname in System line. Overrides inxi config file value (if set): 

\fBSHOW_HOST='false'\fR

.TP
.B \-\-indent\-min [integer]\fR
Overrides default indent minimum value. This is the value that makes inxi change from 
wrapped line starters [like \fBInfo\fR] to non wrapped. If less than \fB80\fR, 
no wrapping will occur. Overrides internal default value and user configuration value:

\fBINDENT_MIN=85\fR

.TP
.B \-\-limit [\-1 \- x]\fR
Raise or lower max output limit of IP addresses for \fB\-i\fR. \fB\-1\fR removes limit. 

.TP
.B \-\-man\fR
Updates / installs man page with \fB\-U\fR if \fBpinxi\fR or using \fB\-U 3\fR dev branch. 
(Only active if \fB\-U\fR is is not disabled by maintainers).

.TP
.B \-\-no\-host\fR
Turns off hostname in System line. Useful, in combination with \fB\-z\fR, 
for anonymizing inxi output for posting on forums or IRC. Same as 
configuration value:

\fBSHOW_HOST='false'\fR

.TP
.B \-\-no\-man\fR
Disables man page install with \fB\-U\fR for master and active development branches.
(Only active if \fB\-U\fR is is not disabled by maintainers).

.TP
.B \-\-no\-ssl\fR
Skip SSL certificate checks for all downloader actions (\fB\-U\fR, \fB\-w\fR, 
\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-i\fR). Use if your system does not have current SSL certificate 
lists, or if you have problems making a connection for any reason. Works with 
\fBWget\fR, \fBCurl\fR, and \fBFetch\fR only. 

.TP
.B \-\-output [json|screen|xml]\fR
Change data output type. Requires \-\-output\-file if not fBscreen\fR.
 
.TP
.B \-\-output\-file [full path to output file|print]\fR
The given directory path must exist. The directory path given must exist, 
The \fBprint\fR options prints to stdout. 
Required for non-screen \fB\-\-output\fR formats (json|xml).
 
.TP
.B \-\-sleep [0\-x.x]\fR
Usually in decimals. Change CPU sleep time for \fB\-C\fR (current: \fB\0.35\fR). 
Sleep is used to let the system catch up and show a more accurate CPU use. Example: 
 
\fBinxi \-Cxxx \-\-sleep 0.15\fR

Overrides default internal value and user configuration value:

\fBCPU_SLEEP=0.25\fR

.SH DEBUGGING OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-\-dbg [1\-x]\fR
\fBDevelopers only!\fR Triggers specific debug actions for testing purposes. See
\fBinxi-values.txt\fR for the active debugger options. These change depending on debug 
requirements, so there's no point in listing those options here in the man page.

\fIhttps://github.com/smxi/inxi/docs/inxi-values.txt\fR

.TP
.B \-\-debug [1\-3]\fR
\- On screen debugger output (currently not used currently).

.TP
.B \-\-debug 10\fR
\- Basic logging. Check \fB$XDG_DATA_HOME/inxi/inxi.log\fR or 
\fB$HOME/.local/share/inxi/inxi.log\fR or \fB$HOME/.inxi/inxi.log\fR.

.TP
.B \-\-debug 11\fR
\- Full file/system info logging.

.TP
.B \-\-debug [20\-22]\fR
Debugger output generator.

.TP
.B \-\-debug 20\fR
Creates a tar.gz file of system data and collects the inxi output
in a file.

* tree traversal data file read from \fB/sys\fR, and other system
data.

* xorg conf and log data, xrandr, xprop, xdpyinfo, glxinfo etc.

* data from dev, disks, partitions, etc.

.TP
.B \-\-debug 21\fR
Automatically uploads debugger data tar.gz file to \fIftp.techpatterns.com\fR,
then emoves the debug data directory, but leaves the debug tar.gz file. 
See \fB\-\-ftp\fR for uploading to alternate locations.

.TP
.B \-\-debug 22\fR
Automatically uploads debugger data tar.gz file to \fIftp.techpatterns.com\fR, then
removes the debug data directory and the tar.gz file.
See \fB\-\-ftp\fR for uploading to alternate locations.

.TP
.B \-\-ftp [ftp.yoursite.com/incoming]\fR
For alternate ftp upload locations: Example: 

\fBinxi \-\-ftp \fIftp.yourserver.com/incoming\fB \-\-debug 21\fR

.SH 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.

.SH RUNNING IN IRC CLIENT
To trigger inxi output in your IRC client, pick the appropriate method from the 
list below:
.TP
.B XChat, Irssi 
\fR(and many other IRC clients)
.B /exec \-o inxi \fR[\fBoptions\fR]
If you don't include the \fB\-o\fR, only you will see the output on your local 
IRC client.
.TP
.B Konversation
.B /cmd inxi 
\fR[\fBoptions\fR]

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:
.B ln \-s /usr/local/bin/inxi /usr/share/kde4/apps/konversation/scripts/inxi

KDE 5:
.B ln \-s /usr/local/bin/inxi /usr/share/konversation/scripts/inxi

If inxi is somewhere else, change the path \fB/usr/local/bin\fR 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 \fR/inxi\fR command to work:

.B ln \-s /usr/share/konversation /usr/share/apps/

Then you can start inxi directly, like this:

.B /inxi 
\fR[\fBoptions\fR]
.TP
.B WeeChat
.B NEW: /exec \-o inxi 
\fR[\fBoptions\fR]

.B OLD: /shell \-o inxi 
\fR[\fBoptions\fR]

Newer (2014 and later) WeeChats work pretty much the same now as other console 
IRC clients, with \fB/exec \-o inxi \fR[\fBoptions\fR]. Also, newer WeeChats 
have dropped the \fB\-curses\fR part of their program name, ie: 
\fBweechat\fR instead of \fBweechat\-curses\fR.

Deprecated: 

Before WeeChat can run external scripts like inxi, you need to install the 
\fBweechat\-plugins\fR package. This is automatically installed for Debian users. 
Next, if you don't already have it, you need to install \fBshell.py\fR,
which is a python script. 

In a web browser, click on the download button at:
.I https://www.weechat.org/scripts/source/stable/shell.py.html/

Make the script executable by

.B chmod +x shell.py

Move it to your home folder at \fB/.weechat/python/autoload/\fR then logout, 
and start WeeChat with

.B weechat\-curses

The top of the screen should say which python scripts have loaded, 
and should include \fBshell\fR. To run inxi, you would then enter a command like this: 

.B /shell \-o inxi \-bx

If you don't include the \fB\-o\fR, only you will see the output on your local 
weechat. WeeChat users may also like to check out \fBweeget.py\fR.

.SH CONFIGURATION FILE
inxi will read its configuration/initialization files in the 
following order: 

\fB/etc/inxi.conf\fR contains the default configurations. These can be overridden 
by user configurations found in one of the following locations (inxi will 
store its config file using the following precedence:  
if \fB$XDG_CONFIG_HOME\fR is not empty, it will go there, else if 
\fB$HOME/.conf/inxi.conf\fR exists, it will go there, and as a last default, 
the legacy location is used), i.e.:

\fB$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/inxi.conf\fR > \fB$HOME/.conf/inxi.conf\fR > 
\fB$HOME/.inxi/inxi.conf\fR 

.SH CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

See the documentation page for more complete information on how to set 
these up, and for a complete list of options:

.I https://smxi.org/docs/inxi\-configuration.htm

Here's a brief overview of the basic options you are likely to want to use: 

\fBCOLS_MAX_CONSOLE\fR The max display column width on terminal. 

\fBCOLS_MAX_IRC\fR The max display column width on IRC clients. 

\fBCOLS_MAX_NO_DISPLAY\fR The max display column width in console, out of GUI desktop.

\fBCPU_SLEEP\fR Decimal value \fB0\fR or more. Default is usually around \fB0.35\fR 
seconds. Time that inxi will 'sleep' before getting CPU speed data, so that it 
reflects actual system state.

\fBDOWNLOADER\fR Sets default inxi downloader: curl, fetch, ftp, perl, wget. 
See \fB\-\-recommends\fR outut for more information on downloaders and Perl downloaders.

\fBFILTER_STRING\fR Default \fB<filter>\fR. Any string you prefer to see instead
for filtered values.

\fBINDENT_MIN\fR The point where the line starter wrapping to its own line happens.
Overrides default. See \fB\-\-indent\-min\fR. If \fB80\fR or less, wrap will never happen.

\fBLIMIT\fR Overrides default of \fB10\fR IP addresses per IF. This is only of interest 
to sys admins running servers with many IP addresses.

\fBPS_COUNT\fR The default number of items showing per -t type, m or c. Default 
is 5.

\fBSENSORS_CPU_NO\fR 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.

\fBSEP2_CONSOLE\fR Replaces default key / value separator of '\fB:\fR'. 

It's best to use the \fB-c [94-99]\fR 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 
\fB\-c 94-99\fR.

\fBCONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME\fR The color scheme for console output (not in X/Wayland). 

\fBGLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME\fR Overrides all other other color schemes.

\fBIRC_COLOR_SCHEME\fR Desktop X/Wayland IRC CLI color scheme.

\fBIRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME\fR Out of X/Wayland, IRC CLI color scheme.

\fBIRC_X_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME\fR In X/Wayland IRC client terminal color scheme.

\fBVIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME\fR Color scheme for virtual terminal output (in X/Wayland). 

.SH BUGS 
Please report bugs using the following resources. 

You may be asked to run the inxi debugger tool 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. 
.TP
inxi main website/source/wiki, file an issue report: 
.I https://github.com/smxi/inxi/issues
.TP
post on inxi developer forums: 
.I https://techpatterns.com/forums/forum\-32.html 
.TP
You can also visit 
.I irc.oftc.net 
\fRchannel:\fI #smxi\fR to post issues. 
.SH HOMEPAGE
.I  https://github.com/smxi/inxi
.I  https://smxi.org/

.SH  AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS TO CODE

.B inxi
is a fork of \fBlocsmif\fR's very clever \fBinfobash\fR script. 

Original infobash author and copyright holder:
Copyright (C) 2005\-2007  Michiel de Boer aka locsmif

inxi version: Copyright (C) 2008\-18 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 \- \fBdmidecode \-M\fR patch for older systems with no \fB/sys\fR. 

.SH 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. 

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 \fB\-m\fR option. 

AntiX users and admins, who have helped greatly with testing and debugging,
particularly for the 3.0.0 release. 

ArcherSeven (Max) 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 copy/proofreading and error/glitch catching in
text and output, hydrurga (Pete). Even if people don't recognize the value of 
the skills required to patiently pore through output and text to find errors
and inconsistencies, I do.

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 methods, 
logic, and tricks originally used in inxi Gawk/Bash.