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-.TH USB_ID 8 "January 2009" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
-.SH NAME
-usb_id \- udev callout to read information from USB devices
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B usb_id
-[\fB--usb-info\fP] [\fB--num-info\fP] [\fB--export\fP] [\fB--debug\fP]
-.I devpath
-.br
-.B usb_id --help
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-.B usb_id
-is normally called from a udev rule, to provide udev with a unique string and
-additional information (uuid, label) for a USB device. Udev can use this
-information to create symlinks in /dev to the real device node.
-.SH USAGE
-.B usb_id \fIdevpath\fP
-opens the device node specified at the commandline and prints the
-information chosen by the options.
-.SH OPTIONS
-The following commandline switches are supported to specify what usb_id
-should print:
-.TP
-.B -u, --usb-info
-print USB strings instead of, e.g. SCSI strings for a mass storage device
-.TP
-.B -n, --num-info
-print numerical values instead of strings. Implies \fB--usb-info\fP.
-.TP
-.B -x, --export
-print values as environment keys
-.TP
-.B -h, --help
-print usage help
-.RE
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR udev (7)
-.SH AUTHORS
-Developed by Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>.