MacOS python print USB devices

devs.py

import subprocess
import plistlib

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def list_usb_devices():
    # Run system_profiler command to get USB device information
    cmd = ['system_profiler', 'SPUSBDataType', '-xml']
    result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
    
    # Parse the plist output
    plist_data = plistlib.loads(result.stdout.encode('utf-8'))
    
    # Extract USB devices information
    usb_devices = plist_data[0]['_items']
    
    # Print information about each USB device
    for device in usb_devices:
        print_device_info(device)

def print_device_info(device, indent=''):
    print(f"{indent}Name: {device.get('_name', 'Unknown')}")
    print(f"{indent}Manufacturer: {device.get('manufacturer', 'Unknown')}")
    
    if 'serial_num' in device:
        print(f"{indent}Serial Number: {device['serial_num']}")
    
    if '_items' in device:
        for sub_device in device['_items']:
            print(f"{indent}----")
            print_device_info(sub_device, indent + '  ')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    list_usb_devices()