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)"