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SYSTEM_PROFILER(8)	  BSD System Manager's Manual	    SYSTEM_PROFILER(8)

NAME
     system_profiler — reports system hardware and software configuration.

SYNOPSIS
     system_profiler [-usage]
     system_profiler [-listDataTypes]
     system_profiler [-xml] dataType1 ... dataTypeN
     system_profiler [-xml] [-detailLevel level]

DESCRIPTION
     system_profiler reports on the hardware and software configuration of the
     system.  It can generate plain text reports or XML reports which can be
     opened with System Information.app

     Progress and error messages are printed to stderr while actual report
     data is printed to stdout. Redirect stderr to /dev/null to suppress
     progress and error messages.

     The following options are available:

     -xml		 Generates a report in XML format.  If the XML report
			 is redirected to a file with a ".spx" suffix that
			 file can be opened with System Information.app.

     -listDataTypes	 Lists the available datatypes.

     -detailLevel level	 Specifies the level of detail for the report:

			 mini	       report with no personal information

			 basic	       basic hardware and network information

			 full	       all available information

     -timeout		 Specifies the maximum time to wait in seconds for
			 results.  If some information is not available within
			 the specified time limit then an incomplete or par‐
			 tial report will be generated. The default timeout is
			 180 seconds. Specifying a timeout of 0 means no time‐
			 out.

     -usage		 Prints usage info and examples.

EXAMPLES
     system_profiler
       Generates a text report with the standard detail level.

     system_profiler -detailLevel mini
       Generates a short report containing no personal information.

     system_profiler -listDataTypes
       Shows a list of the available data types.

     system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType SPNetworkDataType
       Generates a text report containing only software and network data.

     system_profiler -xml > MyReport.spx
       Creates a XML file which can be opened by System Profiler.app

AUTHORS
     Apple Computer, Inc.

Darwin				 June 30, 2003				Darwin

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