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github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc/discussions/666#discussioncomment-14470622, and its immediate context, explain that lsusb does not appear to provide machine-parsable output, and that the available inf...
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Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB)
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2025-09-21T23:10:16Z (12 months ago)
Does a machine-parsable alternative to `lsusb -v` exist?
[`github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc/discussions/666#discussioncomment-14470622`][2], and its immediate context, explain that `lsusb` does not appear to provide machine-parsable output, and that the available infrastructure to render its output machine-parsable does not provide feature-parity with `lsusb`. [2]: https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc/discussions/666#discussioncomment-14470622 Although I comprehend [`askubuntu.com/a/725887`][1], I desire a similarly abstracted alternative to `lsusb -v`, so that I do not need to reinvent it: 1. ~~~sh #!/usr/bin/env sh lsusb -v | jc --lsusb | yq -P ~~~ 1. > ~~~YAML > - bus: "001" > device: "001" > id: 1d6b:0002 > description: Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > device_descriptor: > bLength: > value: "18" > ~~~ [1]: https://askubuntu.com/a/725887/1002900