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BASH Script to Detect and List USB Flash Drives
Post 302297822 by godzillarama on Sunday 15th of March 2009 09:53:22 PM
03-15-2009
BASH Script to Detect and List USB Flash Drives
Hello. This is my first post to this forum. I've read many of the posts over the last two or three years and I've learned a lot.
I'm creating a live Linux distribution using the Linux Live Scripts -- just as a hobby project -- and I'm wanting to create an automated way for a user to copy the folders on the boot CD to a connected flash drive. The interface for that function should be a menu listing of the drive or drives. It should display:
The user would select the drive and the copy would begin.
I've got a ton of books and I'm pounding topics like awk and grep into my head, but I'm almost 50 and not as bright as I used to be
. I could probably do it, but I'm about about three months out if I insist on figuring it out on my own. And although that might build character, if someone has already created such a script I'd really rather just grab that code and modify it.
LSHW seems like an obvious way to get the device information, but I'm good with any method. Has anyone out there done such a BASH script already? My Google searches have failed to find one. Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions.
Godz
I'm creating a live Linux distribution using the Linux Live Scripts -- just as a hobby project -- and I'm wanting to create an automated way for a user to copy the folders on the boot CD to a connected flash drive. The interface for that function should be a menu listing of the drive or drives. It should display:
- the manufacturer (i.e., Kingston)
- the model (i.e., Data Traveler)
- the capacity in the format "512MB" or "1GB" or "4GB"
- the path (i.e. /mnt/sda1)
I've got a ton of books and I'm pounding topics like awk and grep into my head, but I'm almost 50 and not as bright as I used to be
. I could probably do it, but I'm about about three months out if I insist on figuring it out on my own. And although that might build character, if someone has already created such a script I'd really rather just grab that code and modify it.LSHW seems like an obvious way to get the device information, but I'm good with any method. Has anyone out there done such a BASH script already? My Google searches have failed to find one. Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions.
Godz
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usb-devices
usb-devices(1) Linux USB Utilities usb-devices(1) NAME
usb-devices - print USB device details SYNOPSIS
usb-devices DESCRIPTION
usb-devices is a (bash) shell script that can be used to display details of USB buses in the system and the devices connected to them. The output of the script is similar to the usb/devices file available either under /proc/bus (if usbfs is mounted), or under /sys/ker- nel/debug (if debugfs is mounted there). The script is primarily intended to be used if the file is not available. In contrast to the usb/devices file, this script only lists active interfaces (those marked with a "*" in the usb/devices file) and their endpoints. Be advised that there can be differences in the way information is sorted, as well as in the format of the output. RETURN VALUE
If sysfs is not mounted, a non-zero exit code is returned. FILES
/sys/bus/usb/devices/usb* The part of the sysfs tree the script walks through to assemble the printed information. /proc/bus/usb/devices Location where the usb/devices file can normally be found for Linux kernels before 2.6.31, if usbfs is mounted. /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices Location where the usb/devices file can normally be found for Linux kernel 2.6.31 and later, if debugfs is mounted. SEE ALSO
lsusb(8), usbview(8). AUTHORS
Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> usbutils-005 23 June 2009 usb-devices(1)