How to list connected USB devices in Linux Ubuntu. An easy way to list USB devices in Linux; find USB device name and find USB device path.
There are many ways to get the info about USB device and find the name of USB device connected to the system. Before we begin, you must know about the following two basic commands:
1.To see a list of your USB devices (the vendor and device ID’s), run:
lsusb
2. To see information about currently mounted systems, simply run:
mount
lsusb Command
Ubuntu users can use lsusb command utility for displaying information about USB buses in the system and the devices connected to them. The command is simple and easy to use. It can be executed alone or with various command parameters.
Below is the list of command arguments that are supported by lsusb command:
-v, –verbose
Increase verbosity (show descriptors)
-s [[bus]:][devnum]
Show only devices with specified device and/or bus numbers (in decimal)
-d vendor:[product]
Show only devices with the specified vendor and product ID numbers (in hexadecimal)
-D device
Selects which device lsusb will examine
-t, –tree
Dump the physical USB device hierarchy as a tree
-V, –version
Show version of program
-h, –help
Show usage and help