---
name: "usbview"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "usbview"
version: "3.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/usbview"
---

# usbview(8)

display information on USB devices

## NAME

usbview - display information on USB devices

## SYNOPSIS

**usbview**

## DESCRIPTION

**usbview** provides a graphical summary of USB devices connected to the system. Detailed information may be displayed by selecting individual devices in the tree display.  Red items are those that have no driver associated with them.

## OPTIONS

No command line options are accepted by **usbview.**

## FILES

- **/sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices**

  Kernel file providing information on USB devices attached to the machine.

## SEE ALSO

[**lsusb**(8)](/lsusb/8.md), [**lspci**(8)](/lspci/8.md).

## AUTHOR

**usbview** was written by Greg Kroah-Hartman \<greg@kroah.com\>.  This manual page was written by Mark Brown \<broonie@sirena.org.uk\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used freely by others).