ABOUT(1)

NAME
about - Show system information

SYNOPSIS
about [-a|--all] [-E|--env|--environment] [-H|--hw|--hardware] [-O|--os|--operating] [-P|--py|--python] [-S|--sys|--system] [-U|--user] [--debug] [--help|-?] [--version] [--]

DESCRIPTION
The about utility shows most of the system information available through the Python Standard Library.

  OPTIONS
[-a|--all] Same as -SUHOEP.

[-E|--env|--environment] Show information about the environment.

[-H|--hw|--hardware] Show information about the hardware.

[-O|--os|--operating] Show information about the Operating System.

[-P|--py|--python] Show information about Python.

[-S|--sys|--system] Show information about the system.

[-U|--user] Show information about the user.

[--debug] Enable debug mode

[--help|-?] Print usage and this help message and exit

[--version] Print version and exit

[--] Options processing terminator

EXIT STATUS

SEE ALSO
uname(1), sysctl(8),

[The Python Standard Library]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html

STANDARDS
The about utility is not a standard UNIX command.

It tries to follow the PEP 8 style guide for Python code.

PORTABILITY
Tested OK under Windows.

HISTORY
The about command was created as an example for the [PNU project]: https://github.com/HubTou/PNU, testing many of the standard Python functions for getting system information.

LICENSE
It is available under the 3-clause BSD license.

AUTHORS
Hubert Tournier