inxi options:
inxi version: 3.3.36 inxi date: 2024-09-04
The following are the supported options of inxi. If your version of inxi is missing any of these options, update to the newest version, or file an issue report with your distro to have them update their inxi. inxi can't provide up-to-date system information unless it is also up-to-date!
NOTE: these options are for Perl inxi (2.9 and greater). For the legacy Bash/Gawk inxi version, see inxi 2.xx.xx options.
inxi supports the following options. For more detailed information, see man inxi. If you start inxi with no arguments, it will display a short system summary. You can use these options alone or together, to show or add the item(s) you want to see: A, B, C, d, D, E, f, G, i, I, j, J, l, L, m, M, n, N, o, p, P, r, R, s, S, t, u, w, --edid, --mm, --ms, --slots. If you use them with -v [level], -b or -F, inxi will add the requested lines to the output. Examples: inxi -v4 -c6 OR inxi -bDc 6 OR inxi -FzjJxy 80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See Filter Options for output filtering, Output Control Options for colors, sizing, output changes, Extra Data Options to extend Main output, Additional Options and Advanced Options for less common situations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Feature Options: -A, --audio Audio/sound devices(s), driver; active sound APIs and servers. -b, --basic Basic output, short form. Same as inxi -v 2. -B, --battery System battery info, including charge, condition voltage (if critical), plus extra info (if battery present/detected). -C, --cpu CPU output (if each item available): basic topology, model, type (see man for types), cache, average CPU speed, min/max speeds, per core clock speeds. -d, --disk-full, --optical Optical drive data (and floppy disks, if present). Triggers -D. -D, --disk Hard Disk info, including total storage and details for each disk. Disk total used percentage includes swap partition size(s). -E, --bluetooth Show bluetooth device data and report, if available. Shows state, address, IDs, version info. --edid Full graphics data, triggers -a, -G. Add monitor chroma, full modelines (if > 2), EDID errors and warnings, if present. -f, --flags All CPU flags. Triggers -C. Not shown with -F to avoid spamming. -F, --full Full output. Includes all Upper Case line letters (except -J, -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 specified. -G, --graphics Graphics info (devices(s), drivers, display protocol (if available), display server/Wayland compositor, resolution, X.org: renderer, basic EGL, OpenGL, Vulkan API data; Xvesa API: VBE info. -i, --ip WAN IP address and local interfaces (requires ifconfig or ip network tool). Triggers -n. Not shown with -F for user security reasons. You shouldn't paste your local/WAN IP. --ip-limit, --limit [-1; 1-x] Set max output limit of IP addresses for -i (default 10; -1 removes limit). -I, --info General info, including processes, uptime, memory (if -m/-tm not used), IRC client or shell type, inxi version. -j, --swap Swap in use. Includes partitions, zram, file. -J, --usb Show USB data: Hubs and Devices. -l, --label Partition labels. Use with -j, -o, -p, -P. -L, --logical Logical devices, LVM (VG, LV), LUKS, Crypto, bcache, etc. Shows components/devices, sizes, etc. -m, --memory Memory (RAM) data. Numbers of devices (slots) supported and individual memory devices (sticks of memory etc). For devices, shows device locator, type (e.g. DDR3), size, speed. Also shows System RAM report, and removes Memory report from -I or -tm. --memory-modules,--mm Memory (RAM) data. Exclude empty module slots. --memory-short,--ms Memory (RAM) data. Show only short Memory RAM report, number of arrays, slots, modules, and RAM type. -M, --machine Machine data. Device type (desktop, server, laptop, VM etc.), motherboard, BIOS and, if present, system builder (e.g. Lenovo). Shows UEFI/BIOS/UEFI [Legacy]. Older systems/kernels without the required /sys data can use dmidecode instead, run as root. Dmidecode can be forced with --dmidecode -n, --network-advanced Advanced Network device info. Triggers -N. Shows interface, speed, MAC id, state, etc. -N, --network Network device(s), driver. -o, --unmounted Unmounted partition info (includes UUID and Label if available). Shows file system type if you have lsblk installed (Linux) or, for BSD/GNU Linux, if 'file' installed and you are root or if you have added to /etc/sudoers (sudo v. 1.7 or newer)(or try doas). Example:ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/file -p, --partitions-full Full partition information (-P plus all other detected partitions). --partitions-sort, --ps [dev-base|fs|id|label|percent-used|size|uuid|used] Change sort order of partition output. See man page for specifics. -P, --partitions Basic partition info. Shows, if detected: / /boot /home /opt /tmp /usr /usr/home /var /var/log /var/tmp. Swap partitions show if --swap is not used. Use -p to see all mounted partitions. -r, --repos Distro repository data. Supported repo types: APK, APT, CARDS, EOPKG, NETPKG, NIX, PACMAN, PACMAN-G2, PISI, PKG (BSDs), PORTAGE, PORTS (BSDs), SBOPKG, SBOUI, SCRATCHPKG, SLACKPKG, SLAPT_GET, SLPKG, T2-EMERGE, TCE, TAZPKG, URPM, XBPS, YUM/ZYPP. -R, --raid RAID data. Shows RAID devices, states, levels, array sizes, and components. md-raid: If device is resyncing, also shows resync progress line. -s, --sensors Sensors output (if sensors installed/configured): mobo/CPU/GPU temp; detected fan speeds. Nvidia shows screen number for > 1 screen. IPMI sensors if present. --slots PCI slots: type, speed, status. Requires root. -S, --system System info: host name, kernel, desktop environment (if in X/Wayland), distro. -t, --processes Processes. Requires extra options: c (CPU), m (memory), cm (CPU+memory). If followed by numbers 1-x, 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. -t cm10). -u, --uuid Partition, system board UUIDs. Use with -j, -M, -o, -p, -P. -v, --verbosity Set inxi verbosity level (0-8). Should not be used with -b or -F. Example: inxi -v 4 0 Same as: inxi 1 Basic verbose, -S + basic CPU + -G + basic Disk + -I. 2 Networking device (-N), Machine (-M), Battery (-B; if present), and, if present, basic RAID (devices only; notes if inactive). Same as inxi -b 3 Advanced CPU (-C), battery (-B), network (-n); triggers -x. 4 Partition size/used data (-P) for (if present) /, /home, /var/, /boot. Shows full disk data (-D). 5 Audio device (-A), sensors (-s), memory/RAM (-m), bluetooth (if present), partition label (-l), full swap (-j), UUID (-u), short form of optical drives, RAID data (if present). 6 Full partition (-p), unmounted partition (-o), optical drive (-d), USB (-J), full RAID; triggers -xx. 7 Network IP data (-i), bluetooth, logical (-L), RAID forced, full CPU flags; triggers -xxx. 8 Everything available, including advanced gpu EDID (--edid) data, repos (-r), processes (-tcm), PCI slots (--slots); triggers admin (-a). -w, --weather NO AUTOMATED QUERIES OR EXCESSIVE USE ALLOWED! Without [location]: Your current local (local to your IP address) weather data/time.Example: inxi -w With [location]: Supported location options are: postal code[,country/country code]; city, state (USA)/country (country/two character country code); latitude, longitude. Only use if you want the weather somewhere other than the machine running inxi. Use only ASCII characters, replace spaces in city/state/country names with '+'. Example: inxi -w [new+york,ny london,gb madrid,es] --weather-source,--ws [1-9] Change weather data source. 1-4 generally active, 5-9 check. See man. --weather-unit,--wu Set weather units to metric (m), imperial (i), metric/imperial (mi), or imperial/metric (im). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Filter Options: --host Turn on hostname for -S. Overrides -z. --no-host Turn off hostname for -S. Useful if showing output from servers etc. Activated by -z as well. -z, --filter Adds security filters for IP/MAC addresses, serial numbers, location (-w), user home directory name, host name. Default on for IRC clients. --za,--filter-all Shortcut, triggers -z, --zl, --zu, --zv. --zl,--filter-label Filters out partition labels in -j, -o, -p, -P, -Sa. --zu,--filter-uuid Filters out partition UUIDs in -j, -o, -p, -P, -Sa, board UUIDs in -Mxxx. --zv,--filter-vulnerabilities Filters out Vulnerabilities report in -Ca. -Z, --no-filter Disable output filters. Useful for debugging networking issues in IRC, or you needed to use --tty, for example. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Output Control Options: -c, --color Set color scheme (0-42). For piped or redirected output, you must use an explicit color selector. Example: inxi -c 11 Color selectors let you set the config file value for the selection (NOTE: IRC and global only show safe color set) 94 Console, out of X 95 Terminal, running in X - like xTerm 96 Gui IRC, running in X - like Xchat, Quassel, Konversation etc. 97 Console IRC running in X - like irssi in xTerm 98 Console IRC not in X 99 Global - Overrides/removes all settings. Setting specific removes global. --indent [11-20] Change default wide mode primary indentation width. --indents [0-10] Change wrapped mode primary indentation width, and secondary / -y1 indent widths. --max-wrap,--wrap-max [70-xxx] Set maximum width where inxi autowraps line starters. Current: 110 --output [json|screen|xml] Change data output type. Requires --output-file if not screen. --output-file [Full filepath|print] Output file to be used for --output. --separator, --sep [key:value separator character]. Change separator character(s) for key: value pairs. -y, --width [empty|-1|1|60-xxx] Output line width max. Overrides IRC/Terminal settings or actual widths. If no integer give, defaults to 80. -1 removes line lengths. 1 switches output to 1 key/value pair per line. Example: inxi -y 130 -Y, --height [empty|-3-xxx] Output height control. Similar to 'less' command except colors preserved, defaults to console/terminal height. -1 shows 1 primary Item: at a time; -2 retains color on redirect/piping (to less -R); -3 removes configuration value; 0 or -Y sets to detected terminal height. Greater than 0 shows x lines at a time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra Data Options: -x, --extra Adds the following extra data (only works with verbose or line output, not short form): -A Specific vendor/product information (if relevant); PCI/USB ID of device; Version/port(s)/driver version (if available); inactive sound servers/APIs. -B Current/minimum voltage, vendor/model, status (if available); attached devices (e.g. wireless mouse, keyboard, if present). -C L1/L3 cache (if most Linux, or if root and dmidecode installed); smt if disabled, CPU flags (short list, use -f to see full list); Highest core speed (if > 1 core); CPU boost (turbo) enabled/disabled, if present; Bogomips on CPU; CPU microarchitecture + revision (if found, or unless --admin, then shows as 'stepping'). -d Extra optical drive features data; adds rev version to optical drive. -D HDD temp with disk data. Kernels >= 5.6: enable module drivetemp if not enabled. Older systems require hddtemp, run as as superuser, or as user if you have added hddtemp to /etc/sudoers (sudo v. 1.7 or newer)(or try doas). Example: ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hddtemp -E PCI/USB Bus ID of device, driver version, LMP version. -G GPU arch (AMD/Intel/Nvidia only); Specific vendor/product information (if relevant); PCI/USB ID of device; Screen number GPU is running on (Nvidia only); device temp (Linux, if found); APIs: EGL: active/inactive platforms; OpenGL: direct rendering status (in X); Vulkan device counts. -i For IPv6, show additional scope addresses: Global, Site, Temporary, Unknown. See --limit for large counts of IP addresses. -I Default system compilers. With -xx, also shows other installed compiler versions. If running in shell, not in IRC client, shows shell version number, if detected. Init/RC type and runlevel/target (if available). Total count of all packages discovered in system (if not -r). -j Add mapped: name if partition mapped. -J For Device: driver; Si speed (base 10, bits/s). -L For VG > LV, and other Devices, dm: -m,--mm Max memory module size (if available). -N Specific vendor/product information (if relevant); PCI/USB ID of device; Version/port(s)/driver version (if available); device temperature (Linux, if found). -o,-p,-P Add mapped: name if partition mapped. -r Packages, see -Ix. -R md-raid: second RAID Info line with extra data: blocks, chunk size, bitmap (if present). Resync line, shows blocks synced/total blocks. Hardware RAID driver version, bus-ID. -s Basic voltages (ipmi, lm-sensors if present): 12v, 5v, 3.3v, vbat. -S Kernel gcc version; system base of distro (if relevant and detected) --slots Adds BusID for slot. -t Adds memory use output to CPU (-xt c), and CPU use to memory (-xt m). -w Wind speed and direction, humidity, pressure, and time zone, if available. -xx, --extra 2 Show extra, extra data (only works with verbose or line output, not short form): -A Chip vendor:product ID for each audio device; PCIe speed, lanes (if found); USB rev, speed, lanes (if found); sound server/api helper daemons/plugins. -B Power used, in watts; serial number. -D Disk transfer speed; NVMe lanes; USB rev, speed, lanes (if found); Disk serial number; LVM volume group free space (if available); disk duid (some BSDs). -E Chip vendor:product ID, LMP subversion; PCIe speed, lanes (if found); USB rev, speed, lanes (if found). -G Chip vendor:product ID for each video device; Output ports, used and empty; PCIe speed, lanes (if found); USB rev, speed, lanes (if found); Xorg: Xorg compositor; alternate Xorg drivers (if available. Alternate means driver is on automatic driver check list of Xorg for the device vendor, but is not installed on system); Xorg Screen data: ID, s-res, dpi; Monitors: ID, position (if > 1), resolution, dpi, model, diagonal; APIs: EGL: per platform report; OpenGL: ES version, device-ID, display-ID (if not found in Display line); Vulkan: per device report. -I Adds Power: with children uptime, wakeups (from suspend); other detected installed gcc versions (if present). System default target/runlevel. Adds parent program (or pty/tty) for shell info if not in IRC. Adds Init version number, RC (if found). Adds per package manager installed package counts (if not -r). -j,-p,-P Swap priority. -J Vendor:chip-ID; lanes (Linux only). -L Show internal LVM volumes, like raid image/meta volumes; for LVM RAID, adds RAID report line (if not -R); show all components > devices, number of 'c' or 'p' indicate depth of device. -m,--mm Manufacturer, part number; single/double bank (if found); memory array voltage (legacy, rare); module voltage (if available). -M Chassis info, part number, BIOS ROM size (dmidecode only), if available. -N Chip vendor:product ID; PCIe speed, lanes (if found); USB rev, speed, lanes (if found). -r Packages, see -Ixx. -R md-raid: Superblock (if present), algorithm. If resync, shows progress bar. Hardware RAID Chip vendor:product ID. -s DIMM/SOC voltages (ipmi only). -S Desktop toolkit (tk), if available (only some DE/wm supported); window manager (wm); display/Login manager (dm,lm) (e.g. kdm, gdm3, lightdm, greetd, seatd). --slots Slot length; slot voltage, if available. -w Snow, rain, precipitation, (last observed hour), cloud cover, wind chill, dew point, heat index, if available. -xxx, --extra 3 Show extra, extra, extra data (only works with verbose or line output, not short form): -A Serial number, class ID. -B Chemistry, cycles, location (if available). -C CPU voltage, external clock speed (if root and dmidecode installed); smt status, if available. -D Firmware rev. if available; partition scheme, in some cases; disk type, rotation rpm (if available). -E Serial number, class ID, bluetooth device class ID, HCI version and revision. -G Device serial number, class ID; Xorg Screen size, diag; Monitors: hz, size, modes, serial, scale, modes (max/min); APIs: EGL: hardware driver info; Vulkan: layer count, device hardware vendor. -I For Power:, adds states, suspend/hibernate active type; For 'Shell:' adds ([doas|su|sudo|login]) to shell name if present; adds default shell+version if different; for 'running in:' adds (SSH) if SSH session. -J If present: Devices: serial number, interface count, max power. -m,--mm Width of memory bus, data and total (if present and greater than data); Detail for Type, if present; module current, min, max voltages (if present and different from each other); serial number. -M Board/Chassis UUID, if available. -N Serial number, class ID. -R zfs-raid: portion allocated (used) by RAID devices/arrays. md-raid: system md-raid support types (kernel support, read ahead, RAID events). Hardware RAID rev, ports, specific vendor/product information. -S Kernel clocksource; if in non console wm/desktop; window manager version number; if available: panel/tray/bar/dock (with:); screensavers/lockers running (tools:); virtual terminal number; display/login manager version number. -w Location (uses -z/irc filter), weather observation time, altitude, sunrise/sunset, if available. -a, --admin Adds advanced sys admin data (only works with verbose or line output, not short form); check man page for explanations!; also sets --extra=3: -A If available: list of alternate kernel modules/drivers for device(s); PCIe lanes-max: gen, speed, lanes (if relevant); USB mode (if found); list of installed tools for servers. -C If available: microarchitecture level (64 bit AMD/Intel only).CPU generation, process node, built years; CPU socket type, base/boost speeds (dmidecode+root/sudo/doas required); Full topology line, with dies, clusters, cores, threads, threads per core, granular cache data, smt status; CPU vulnerabilities (bugs); family, model-id, stepping - format: hex (decimal) if greater than 9; microcode format: hex. -d,-D If available: logical and physical block sizes; drive family; maj:min; USB mode (if found); USB drive specifics; SMART report. -E PCIe lanes-max: gen, speed, lanes (if relevant); USB mode (if found); If available: in Report:, adds status: discoverable, pairing; adds Info: line: acl-mtu, sco-mtu, link-policy, link-mode, service-classes. -G GPU process node, built year (AMD/Intel/Nvidia only); non-free driver info (Nvidia only); PCIe lanes-max: gen, speed, lanes (if relevant); USB mode (if found); list of alternate kernel modules/drivers for device(s) (if available); Monitor built year, gamma, screen ratio (if available); APIs: OpenGL: device memory, unified memory status; Vulkan: adds full device report, device name, driver version, surfaces. -I Adds to Power suspend/hibernate available non active states, hibernate image size, suspend failed totals (if not 0), active power services; Packages total number of lib files found for each package manager and pm tools (if not -r); adds init service tool. -j,-p,-P For swap (if available): swappiness and vfs cache pressure, and if values are default or not. -j Linux only: (if available): row one zswap data, and per zram row, active and available zram compressions, max compression streams. -J Adds USB mode (Linux only); IEC speed (base 2, Bytes/s). -L LV, Crypto, devices, components: add maj:min; show full device/components report (speed, mapped names). -m Show full volts report, current, min, max, even if identical; show firmware version (if available). -n,-i Info: services: line, with running network services. -n,-N,-i If available: list of alternate kernel modules/drivers for device(s); PCIe lanes-max: gen, speed, lanes (if relevant); USB mode (if found). -o If available: maj:min of device. -p,-P If available: raw size of partitions, maj:min, percent available for user, block size of file system (root required). -r Packages, see -Ia. -R mdraid: device maj:min; per component: size, maj:min, state. -S If available: kernel alternate clocksources, boot parameters; de extra data (info: eg kde frameworks); screensaver/locker tools available but not active (avail:). --slots If available: slot bus ID children. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Options: --config, --configuration Show active configurations, by file(s). Last item listed overrides previous. -h, --help This help menu. --recommends Checks inxi application dependencies + recommends, and directories, then shows what package(s) you need to install to add support for that feature. -U, --update Auto-update inxi. Will also install/update man page. Note: if you installed as root, you must be root to update, otherwise user is fine. Man page installs require root. No arguments downloads from main inxi git repo. Use alternate sources for updating inxi 3 Get the dev server (smxi.org) version. 4 Get the dev server (smxi.org) FTP version. Use if SSL issues and --no-ssl doesn't work. [http|https|ftp] Get a version of inxi from your own server. Use the full download path, e.g. inxi -U https://myserver.com/inxi --version, --vf Prints full inxi version info then exits. --version-short,--vs Prints 1 line inxi version info. Can be used with other line options. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advanced Options: --alt Trigger for various advanced options: 40 Bypass Perl as a downloader option. 41 Bypass Curl as a downloader option. 42 Bypass Fetch as a downloader option. 43 Bypass Wget as a downloader option. 44 Bypass Curl, Fetch, and Wget as downloader options. Forces Perl if HTTP::Tiny present. --bt-tool [bt-adapter btmgmt hciconfig rfkill] Force use of given tool for bluetooth report. Or use --force [tool]. --dig Overrides configuration item NO_DIG (resets to default). --display [:[0-9]] Try to get display data out of X (default: display 0). --dmidecode Force use of dmidecode data instead of /sys where relevant (e.g. -M, -B). --downloader Force inxi to use [curl fetch perl wget] for downloads. --force [bt-adapter btmgmt dmidecode hciconfig hddtemp ip ifconfig lsusb meminfo rfkill usb-sys vmstat wmctrl]. 1 or more in comma separated list. Force use of item(s). See --hddtemp, --dmidecode, --wm, --usb-tool, --usb-sys. --hddtemp Force use of hddtemp for disk temps. --html-wan Overrides configuration item NO_HTML_WAN (resets to default). --ifconfig Force use of ifconfig for IF with -i. --man Install correct man version for dev branch (-U 3) or inxi using -U. --no-dig Skip dig for WAN IP checks, use downloader program. --no-doas Skip internal program use of doas features (not related to starting inxi with doas). --no-html-wan Skip HTML IP sources for WAN IP checks, use dig only, or nothing if --no-dig. --no-man Disable man install for all -U update actions. --no-ssl Skip SSL certificate checks for all downloader actions (Wget/Fetch/Curl/Perl-HTTP::Tiny). --no-sudo Skip internal program use of sudo features (not related to starting inxi with sudo). --rpm Force use of disabled package manager counts for packages feature with -rx/-Ix. RPM disabled by default due to unacceptably slow rpm package count query times. --sensors-default Removes configuration item SENSORS_USE and SENSORS_EXCLUDE. Same as default behavior. --sensors-exclude [sensor[s] name, comma separated] Exclude supplied sensor array[s] for -s output (lm-sensors, /sys. Linux only). --sensors-use [sensor[s] name, comma separated] Use only supplied sensor array[s] for -s output (lm-sensors, /sys. Linux only). --sleep [0-x.x] Change CPU sleep time, in seconds, for -C (default: 0.35). Allows system to catch up and show a more accurate CPU use. Example: inxi -Cxxx --sleep 0.15 --tty Forces irc flag to false. Generally useful if inxi is running inside of another tool like Chef or MOTD and returns corrupted color codes. Please see man page or file an issue if you need to use this flag. Must use -y [width] option if you want a specific output width. Always put this option first in an option list. See -Z for disabling output filters as well. --usb-sys Force USB data to use only /sys as data source (Linux only). --usb-tool Force USB data to use lsusb as data source [default] (Linux only). --wan-ip-url [URL] Skips dig, uses supplied URL for WAN IP (-i). URL output must end in the IP address. See man. Example: inxi -i --wan-ip-url https://yoursite.com/remote-ip --wm Force wm: to use wmctrl as data source. Default uses ps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debugging Options: --dbg [1-xx[,1-xx]] Comma separated list of debugger numbers. Each triggers specific debugger[s]. See man page or docs. 1 Show downloader output. Turns off quiet mode. --debug [1-3|10|11|20-22] Triggers debugging modes. 1-3 On screen debugger output. 10 Basic logging. 11 Full file/system info logging. The following create a tar.gz file of system data, plus inxi output. To automatically upload debugger data tar.gz file to ftp.smxi.org: inxi --debug 21 20 Full system data collection: /sys; xorg conf and log data, xrandr, xprop, xdpyinfo, glxinfo etc.; data from dev, disks, partitions, etc. 21 Upload debugger dataset to inxi debugger server automatically, removes debugger data directory, leaves tar.gz debugger file. 22 Upload debugger dataset to inxi debugger server automatically, removes debugger data directory and debugger tar.gz file. --debug-id [short-string] Add given string to debugger file name. Helps identify source of debugger dataset. Use with --debug 20-22. --debug-proc Force debugger parsing of /proc as sudo/doas/root. --debug-proc-print To locate file that /proc debugger hangs on. --debug-no-exit Skip exit on error to allow completion. --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 sudo/doas/root. --debug-sys-print To locate file that /sys debugger hangs on. --ftp Use with --debugger 21 to trigger an alternate FTP server for upload. Format: [ftp.xx.xx/yy]. Must include a remote directory to upload to. Example: inxi --debug 21 --ftp ftp.myserver.com/incoming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------