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What does lsusb do?

list USB buses and the devices connected to them.

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lsusb examples, explained

$ lsusb

  • lsusblist USB buses and the devices connected to them

$ lsusb -t

  • lsusblist USB buses and the devices connected to them
  • -tshow devices as a hierarchical tree

$ lsusb -v

  • lsusblist USB buses and the devices connected to them
  • -vverbose — full descriptor details per device

lsusb flags & options

-vverbose — full descriptor details per device
-tshow devices as a hierarchical tree
-sshow only a device on the given [bus]:[devnum]
-dshow only devices with the given [vendor]:[product] ID

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