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Kernel and System Info

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uname -r shows the kernel version. lshw -short lists hardware. lscpu shows CPU details. lsblk shows disks. free -h shows memory. /proc/cpuinfo and /proc/meminfo contain detailed system hardware information.

System Information Commands

uname -a          # kernel version
lsb_release -a    # distro info
cpu=$(lscpu | grep "Model name")
free -h           # memory
lshw -short       # hardware info
dmesg | tail      # kernel messages
/proc/cpuinfo     # CPU details
/proc/meminfo     # memory details

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System Information Commands