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HARDINFO(1) User Commands HARDINFO(1)

NAME

Hardinfo2 - System Information and Benchmark for Linux Systems.

USAGE

hardinfo2 [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

Is a system information and benchmark for Linux systems, that gathers information about the hardware and operating system, performs benchmarks with online compare against other machines, and generates reports.

Online Userguide with more info: https://hardinfo2.org/userguide

OPTIONS

Show help options
do not print status messages to standard output
creates a report and prints to standard output
chooses a report format (text, html)
search for a topic in CLI report (-t getlist shows available)
search for a topic in Cached CLI report (-t getlist shows available)
run a specific benchmark eg. -b 'FPU FFT' (Default all benchmarks runs when generate report)
adds a user note to data send to server. When added eg. -u 1 synchronization is activated. Letters (small+caps) and numbers and dashes are accepted. Length max 50. 0-2 dashes used as seperator. Format Group-MachineName-ServerReq Group and MachineName are for anonymous identification and can put benchmarks into a group and you can sort of identify each machine by your chosen string. ServerReq is to tell the server which records you want to get. See https://hardinfo2.org/userguide#usernote for more details about the Server Request strings available.
chooses a result format (short, conf, shell)
maximum number of benchmark results to include (-1 for no limit, default is 50)
shows program version and quit
Disables all benchmark runs.
show all details

EXAMPLES

examples of CLI command usage:

runs only FPU FFT benchmark
enable updates at startup and starts gui (can also be set in gui)
Updates data from server, generate CLI report and sends benchmark with user-note. See more at https://hardinfo2.org/userguide#usernote
generates CLI report

COPYRIGHT

Hardinfo2 is Copyright © 2003-2023 L. A. F. Pereira, 2024- Hardinfo2 Project. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

May 2025 2.2