modinfo:tldr:f4a0c

The command modinfo -F ${select} ${kernel_module} is used to display information about a specific kernel module in a Linux operating system.

• modinfo: This is the command used to access information about kernel modules.
• -F: It specifies the format in which the information should be displayed. In this case, the format is specified by the ${select} variable.
• ${select}: This is a placeholder for the specific format selected by the user. It can be replaced with options like filename, description, depends, etc., to display specific information about the kernel module.
• ${kernel_module}: This is a placeholder for the name of the kernel module for which information is to be displayed. It should be replaced with the actual name of the desired kernel module.

For example, if you want to display the filename of a specific kernel module called my_module, you would use the command: modinfo -F filename my_module.