Working with Devices
Linux provides a wealth of command-line tools for using the devices connected to your system as well as monitoring and troubleshooting the devices if there are problems. The following sections walk through some of the more popular tools you’ll want to know about when working with Linux devices.
Finding Devices
One of the first tasks for a new Linux administrator is to find the different devices installed on the Linux system. Fortunately there are a few command-line tools to help out with that.
The lsdev command
The lsdev command-line command displays information about the hardware devices installed on the Linux system. It retrieves information from the /proc/interrupts, /proc/ioports, and /proc/dma virtual files and combines ...
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