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] [-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 -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.

-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 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