Lshw

A ruby gem for easy access to lshw -xml output.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'lshw'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install lshw

Example

require 'lshw'

f = File.open('lshw-output.xml')
lshw = Lshw::XML(f)
f.close

# view system disks
lshw.disks.legnth
=> 1
lshw.disks.first.vendor
=> "DELL"

lshw.disks.first.serial
=> "0092ba6d94a166641b00f667d320b782"

# cpu information
lshw.cpus.length
=> 2

lshw.cpus.first.bits
=> 64

# ram
lshw.memory.size
=> 137438953472

lshw.memory.banks.first.size
=> 17179869184

lshw.memory.banks.first.description
=> "DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1866 MHz (0.5 ns)"