Command-line tool

usbutils

brew/usbutils

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

List detailed info about USB devices

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install usbutils

Linux

brew install usbutils

List all the USB devices available

lsusb

List the USB hierarchy as a tree

lsusb -t

List verbose information about USB devices

sudo lsusb -v

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