https://github.com/hubtou/about

Show what Python knows about the system, hardware, operating system, environment and itself, phpinfo() like
https://github.com/hubtou/about

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Show what Python knows about the system, hardware, operating system, environment and itself, phpinfo() like

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/hubtou/about
• Owner: HubTou
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2021-05-15T18:50:58.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-03-03T14:49:01.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-19T06:49:54.738Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: command-line-tool, learning-python, pnu-project, python, shell, tools, utilities
• Language: Python
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• Size: 42 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: License

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# Installation

Once you have installed [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/) and its packages manager [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/),

depending on if you want only this tool, the full set of PNU tools, or PNU plus a selection of additional third-parties tools, use one of these commands:

pip install [pnu-about](https://pypi.org/project/pnu-about/)




pip install [PNU](https://pypi.org/project/PNU/)




pip install [pytnix](https://pypi.org/project/pytnix/)

# 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](https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html).

## OPTIONS

Options | Use

------- | ---

-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)](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uname), [sysctl(8)](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl)

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

## STANDARDS

The about command is not a standard [UNIX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix)/[POSIX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX) command.

It tries to follow the [PEP 8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) style guide for [Python](https://www.python.org/) 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](https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html) for getting system information.

## LICENSE

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

## AUTHORS

[Hubert Tournier](https://github.com/HubTou)