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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
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Cc: Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] serial in /sys
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Am Donnerstag, 29. November 2012, 17:57:46 schrieb Jorge Almeida:
> Anyone knows how to dig into /sys to find the serial number of a device
> (say, a USB pen)? I few days ago I found by trial and error something like
> $ cat
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.1/usb2/2-4/2-4:1.0/host13/target13:0:0/1
> 3:0:0:0/block/sdc/../../../../../serial which gave me E68911000519
> Now I can't find nothing of the sort. (Yes, I know the path changes
> each time the
> device is plugged in, but even so)
> Any information that would put some order into this mess would be great.

why not just use lsusb -v for usb devices?

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