This will be a perl script that will eventially create output similar to the IRIX hinv command. Sample (IRIX): # hinv 1 180 MHZ IP27 Processor CPU: MIPS R10000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.6 FPU: MIPS R10010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 2.6 Main memory size: 2048 Mbytes Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes Data cache size: 32 Kbytes Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 Disk drive: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0 Disk drive: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0 Disk drive: unit 5 on SCSI controller 0 Disk drive: unit 6 on SCSI controller 0 Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended CDROM: unit 6 on SCSI controller 1 IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty1 IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty2 IOC3 parallel port: plp1 Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, module 1, slot MotherBoard, pci 2 Origin 200 base I/O, module 1 slot 1 IOC3/IOC4 external interrupts: 1