How to resolve “-bash: systool: command not found” on CentOS 7

CentOS 7 community provides a utility systool to work with hardware adapters. The utility comes with sysfsutils package and this package by default not installed on  CentOS 7 systems.  

 

This article describes How to resolve “-bash: systool: command not found” on CentOS 7.

[root@linuxcnf ~]# systool -v -bash: systool: command not found [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 1. Package Installation: Run the following command to install sysfsutils package:

 

root@linuxcnf ~]# yum install sysfsutils Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, tmprepo ……………………. Installed:   sysfsutils.x86_64 0:2.1.0-16.el7   Complete! [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 2. Verify the installation: Run the following commands to verify the installation:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# systool -v Please specify a bus, class, module, or root device Usage: systool [<options> [device]]         -a                      Show attributes         -b <bus_name>           Show a specific bus         -c <class_name>         Show a specific class         -d                      Show only devices         -h                      Show usage         -m <module_name>        Show a specific module         -p                      Show path to device/driver         -v                      Show all attributes with values         -A <attribute_name>     Show attribute value         -D                      Show only drivers         -P                      Show device's parent [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Done!!! Now the systool command is available in the system.