pnu-about 1.0.0

show system information

ABOUT(1)

NAME

about - show system information

SYNOPSIS

about [-a|--all] [-S|--sys|--system] [-H|--hw|--hardware] [-O|--os|--operating] [-E|--env|--environment] [-P|--py|--python] [-d|--debug] [-h|--help|-?] [-v|--version] [--]

DESCRIPTION

The about utility shows most of the system information available through the Python Standard Library.

OPTIONS

Options	Use
-a|--all	Same as -SHOEP.
-S|--sys|--system	Show information about the system.
-H|--hw|--hardware	Show information about the hardware.
-O|--os|--operating	Show information about the Operating System.
-E|--env|--environment	Show information about the environment.
-P|--py|--python	Show information about Python.
-d|--debug	Enable debug level messages.
-h|--help|-?	Print usage and a short help message and exit.
-v|--version	Print version and exit.
--	Options processing terminator.

EXIT STATUS

The about utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

uname(1), sysctl(8)

https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html

STANDARDS

The about command is not a standard UNIX/POSIX command.

It tries to follow the PEP 8 style guide for Python code. We check this with the Pylint command.

PORTABILITY

Tested OK under Windows.

HISTORY

The about command was created as an example for the PNU / PyNIX project, testing many of the standard Python functions for getting system information.

LICENSE

This utility is available under the 3-clause BSD license.

AUTHOR

Hubert Tournier