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smartctl:tldr:1b981
smartctl: Display exhaustive SMART data.
$ sudo smartctl --all ${-dev-sdX}
try on your machine
This command is used to retrieve detailed information about a hard drive or solid-state drive (SSD) using the "smartctl" command-line utility. Here's a breakdown of the different components:
- "sudo": Stands for "Super User Do" and is used to execute the following command with administrative privileges. It may prompt for the user's password before executing the command.
- "smartctl": This is the command-line utility used to monitor and analyze SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data of storage devices such as hard drives and SSDs.
- "--all": This option is used to display all available SMART attributes and their respective values for the specified device.
- "${-dev-sdX}": This is a placeholder indicating that you need to replace it with the specific device identifier. The format "sdX" refers to a specific storage device, where "X" is a letter representing the device (e.g., "sda" for the first hard drive, "sdb" for the second, etc.). Make sure to replace "${-dev-sdX}" with the appropriate device identifier without the "${}".
Overall, this command will allow you to view comprehensive SMART data for the specified storage device. Note that administrative privileges are required to access this information.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.