Recipe: Gathering system information

Print hostname
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$ hostname
OR
$ uname -n

uname
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$ uname -a # all

$ uname -r # kernel release details

$uname -m # machine type

CPU details
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$ cat /proc/pcpuinfo

Processor name
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$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | head -n 5 | tail -1

RAM info
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$ cat /proc/meminfo

$ cat /proc/meminfo  | head -1
MemTotal:        1026096 kB

Partitions info
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$ cat /proc/partitions
OR 
$ fdisk -l

Overall info
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$ lshw