ABOUT(1)

NAME
about - show system information

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

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

OPTIONS

-a|--all
    Same as -SHOEP.

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

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

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

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

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

-d|--debug
    Enable debug level messages.

-h|--help|-?
    Print usage and a short help message and exit.

-v|--version
    Print version and exit.

--  Options processing terminator.

EXIT STATUS
The about utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
uname(1), sysctl(8)

https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html

STANDARDS
The about command is not a standard UNIX/POSIX command.

It tries to follow the PEP 8 style guide for Python code (see https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/). We check this with the Pylint command (see https://www.pylint.org/).

PORTABILITY
Tested OK under Windows.

HISTORY
The about command was created as an example for the PNU / PyNIX project, testing many of the standard Python functions for getting system information.

LICENSE
This utility is available under the 3-clause BSD license (see https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

AUTHOR
Hubert Tournier