How to list names and descriptions of all loaded kernel modules

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How to list module names and descriptions in the following format?

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ext4 Fourth Extended Filesystem
video ACPI Video Driver
...

To list all loaded kernel modules (with some usage info for each one)

$ lsmod

To list only the module names (first column of lsmod, remove title)

$ lsmod | cut -d " " -f 1 | tail -n +2
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ext4
video
...

To list all the descriptions of loaded kernel modules

$ sudo modinfo $(lsmod | cut -d " " -f 1 | tail -n +2) |grep "description" | cut -c17-
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Fourth Extended Filesystem
ACPI Video Driver
...

How to combine both names and descriptions?

bash
2 Answers

Do this with a standard shell:

#!/usr/bin/env sh

lsmod | {
  read -r _ || exit 1 # Ignore header line
  while read -r name _; do
    modinfo -F description "$name" | {
      read -r desc || true # Ignore read failure if no description
      # Print at least a line per module
      printf '%-24s %s\n' "$name" "$desc"
      # Iterate remaining description lines if any
      while read -r desc; do
        # Print description line without repeating module name
        printf '%-24s %s\n' '' "$desc"
      done
    }
  done
}
  • lsmod | while: Pipe the lsmod's output to a while loop
  • while read -r name _; do: Iterate reading the module name, and ignore “size” and “used by” into _ place-holder variables.
  • modinfo -F description "$name" | while: Query modinfo's description, and pipe the output to a while loop as it can be multiple lines.
  • while read -r desc; do: Iterate reading each description line.
  • printf '%-24s %s\n' "$name" "$desc": Print formatted module name and description line.
user_79398710 
#!/bin/bash

while IFS= read -r name; do
    printf "%s\t\t%s\n" "${name}" "$(sudo modinfo "$name" | grep "description" | cut -c17-)"
done <<< "$(lsmod | cut -d " " -f 1 | tail -n +2)"
  1. Read all the names "$(lsmod | cut -d " " -f 1 | tail -n +2)"
  2. Loop through each line
  3. printf the name, and add the result of sudo modinfo ... behind it

Small section of example output:

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psmouse              PS/2 mouse driver
virtio_blk           Virtio block driver
virtio_net           Virtio network driver
...

Copy-Paste one-liner;

while IFS= read -r name; do printf "%s\t\t%s\n" "${name}" "$(sudo modinfo "$name" | grep "description" | cut -c17-)"; done <<< "$(lsmod | cut -d " " -f 1 | tail -n +2)"
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