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Extracting useful DMI information from a Linux system

Dump your DMI information on Linux :

for i in `ls /sys/class/dmi/id | grep -v -E 'serial|uuid|power'`; do echo $i; cat /sys/class/dmi/id/$i; done

Applies to:

  1. Laptops and desktop systems that may need quirks to boot up properly with Linux.
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Jiab77 commented Mar 4, 2023

@Brainiarc7, here is an improved version:

for i in `ls /sys/class/dmi/id | grep -v -E 'serial|uuid|power'`; do echo "$i: $(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/$i 2>/dev/null)"; done

The main difference is just a better visual output.

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