sysinfo

Python based scripts for obtaining system information from Linux.

Python2 and Python3 compatible
Output in JSON format
Simple scripts and extensible structure
Parallel commands execution
Output to stdout or file
Output can be processed by jq
Storing output from commands in the selected directory
Reading the stored outputs of commands from the selected directory

Command-line arguments

usage: sysinfo.py [-h] [--all] [--error] [--export-only] [--export-dir PATH] [--import-dir PATH]
                  [--info] [--list] [--output OUTPUT] [--pool POOL] [--verbose] [commands [commands ...]]
positional arguments:   commands                    Commands
optional arguments:   -h, --help                  Show this help message and exit   --all, -a                   Execute all commands.   --error, -e                 Show only error outputs from commands.   --export-only               Export output from commands without processing.   --export-dir PATH           Path to the directory for saving output from commands.   --import-dir PATH           Path to the directory for reading the stored outputs of commands.   --info, -i                  List all commands with command line arguments.   --list, -l                  List all commands.   --output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT  Path to the output file.   --pool POOL, -p POOL        Pool size for parallel execution of commands. (default value is 5)   --verbose, -v               Add more info to output - options, commands, raw command result.

Examples

Standart JSON output

python2 sysinfo.py lscpu

{
    "lscpu": {
        "output": {
            "architecture": "armv6l",
            "bogomips": "996.14",
            "byteOrder": "Little Endian",
            "coresPerSocket": "1",
            "cpuMaxMhz": "1000.0000",
            "cpuMinMhz": "700.0000",
            "cpus": "1",
            "flags": "half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java tls",
            "model": "7",
            "modelName": "ARM1176",
            "onLineCpusList": "0",
            "sockets": "1",
            "stepping": "r0p7",
            "threadsPerCore": "1",
            "vendorId": "ARM"
        }
    }
}

Get single value

python2 sysinfo.py lscpu | jq -r ".lscpu.output.modelName"

ARM1176

Output in CSV format

python2 sysinfo.py lsblk | jq -r ".lsblk.output[] | [.name, .label, .size,
.mountpoint] | @csv"

"mmcblk0","","14.6G",""
"mmcblk0boot0","","4M",""
"mmcblk0boot1","","4M",""
"mmcblk0p1","boot","256M","/boot"
"mmcblk0p2","rootfs","14.3G","/"

Storing output from commands in the selected directory

sudo python sysinfo.py --export-dir ./out blkid

Reading the stored outputs of commands from the selected directory.

sudo python sysinfo.py --import-dir ./out blkid

Resources

jq

Available commands

blkid                     - Block device attributes
blockdev                  - Block device ioctls
busctl                    - Introspect the bus
chrt                      - Scheduling attributes of all the tasks (threads)
dev_disk                  - Disk devices mapping
df                        - Report file system disk space usage
dmidecode                 - Dumping all information from DMI (SMBIOS)
dmidecode_baseboard       - Dumping BASEBOARD information from DMI (SMBIOS)
dmidecode_bios            - Dumping BIOS information from DMI (SMBIOS)
dmidecode_cache           - Dumping CACHE information from DMI (SMBIOS)
dmidecode_chassis         - Dumping CHASSIS information from DMI (SMBIOS)
dmidecode_connector       - Dumping CONNECTOR information from DMI (SMBIOS)
dmidecode_memory          - Dumping MEMORY information from DMI (SMBIOS)
dmidecode_processor       - Dumping CHASSIS information from DMI (SMBIOS)
dmidecode_slot            - Dumping SLOT information from DMI (SMBIOS)
dmidecode_system          - Dumping SYSTEM information from DMI (SMBIOS)
dnf_installed             - DNF - list installed packages
dnf_repolist              - DNF - defined repositories
env                       - Environment variables
etc_default               - Default configuration for programs
etc_fstab                 - Filesystems mounted on boot
etc_group                 - Groups essential information
etc_hosts                 - Maps hostnames to IP addresses
etclocalegen            - Configuration file for locale-gen
etc_mtab                  - Currently mounted filesystems
etc_passwd                - Attributes of each user or account on a computer
etc_release               - OS release info
etc_shadow                - Shadow database of the passwd file
etc_timezone              - Timezone settings
fbset                     - Show frame buffer device settings
fbset_info                - Show frame buffer device information
findmnt                   - List all mounted filesytems
free                      - Amount of free and used memory in the system
getconf                   - Configuration variables for the current system and their values
groups                    - Group names
hardware_platform         - Hardware platform
hostnamectl               - Current system hostname and related information
ifconfig                  - List all interfaces which are currently available, even if down
jobs                      - Job names, if job control is active
kernel_name               - Kernel name
kernel_release            - Kernel release
kernel_version            - Kernel version
lsblk                     - Lists information about all block devices
lscpu                     - Information about the CPU architecture
lsmod                     - Show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel
lsns                      - Block device ioctls
lsof                      - Information about files opened by processes
lspci                     - List all PCI devices
lsusb                     - List USB devices
machine                   - Machine hardware name
modinfo                   - Information about a Linux Kernel modules
nodename                  - Network node hostname
operating_system          - Operating system
parted                    - Lists partition layout on all block devices
proc_cmdline              - Parameters passed to the kernel at the time it is started
proc_consoles             - Information about current consoles including tty
proc_cpuinfo              - Type of processor used by your system
proc_crypto               - Installed cryptographic ciphers used by the Linux kernel
proc_devices              - Installed cryptographic ciphers used by the Linux kernel
proc_diskstats            - I/O statistics of block devices
proc_dma                  - List of the registered ISA DMA channels in use
proc_filesystems          - List of the file system types currently supported by the kernel
proc_fs                   - File system parameters
proc_iomem                - Map of the system's memory for each physical device
proc_ioports              - List of currently registered port regions used for input or output communication with a device
proc_loadavg              - Load average in regard to both the CPU and IO over time
proc_locks                - Files currently locked by the kernel
proc_meminfo              - Reports a large amount of valuable information about the systems RAM usage
proc_modules              - List of all modules loaded into the kernel
proc_mounts               - List mounted filesystems (info provides from kernel)
proc_partitions           - Partition block allocation information
proc_scsi                 - List of every recognized SCSI device
proc_swaps                - Measures swap space and its utilization
proc_sys                  - Information about the system and kernel features
proc_uptime               - Information detailing how long the system has been on since its last restart
proc_version              - Version of the Linux kernel, the version of gcc used to compile the kernel, and the time of kernel compilation
proc_vmstat               - Detailed virtual memory statistics from the kernel
processor                 - Processor type
prtstat                   - Print statistics of a processes
ps                        - Report a snapshot of the current processes
pythonpippackages       - List available python modules
python_platform           - Probe the underlying platform's hardware, operating system, and Python interpreter version information
rpm                       - Querying all RPM packages
services                  - Service names
services_list             - Displays services with status
services_params           - Displays services with status
shell_alias               - Shell alias names
shellallcommands        - Shell command names
shell_builtins            - Names of shell builtin commands
shellexportedvariables  - Names of exported shell variables
shell_variables           - Names of all shell variables
sysctl                    - Runtime kernel parameters
sysctl_system             - Runtime kernel parameters from all system configuration files
timedatectl               - System time and date
udevadm                   - Queries the udev database for device information stored in the udev database
udevadmblockdevices     - Queries the udev database for block device information stored in the udev database
users                     - User names
vmstat_disk               - Report disk statistics
vmstatdisksum           - Report some summary statistics about disk activity
vmstat_forks              - Displays the number of forks since boot
vmstat_stats              - Displays a table of various event counters and memory statistics
yum_installed             - YUM - list installed packages
yum_repolist              - YUM - defined repositories

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