lsusb command for Mac OS X This is an utility to easily list USB devices in Mac OS X, just like the lsusb command in Linux. It leverages the data from the system_profiler SPUSBDataType built-in command available in Mac. You can type lsusb -v to get the unmodified output of system_profiler SPUSBDataType . To install, clone the repository and copy to a location available in your PATH, for example sudo cp lsusb /usr/sbin . You can also install it with Homebrew : brew update && \ brew tap jlhonora/lsusb && \ brew install lsusb Here's an output example: Bus 036 Device 003: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. SAMSUNG_Android Serial: 323062d3f6738057 Bus 036 Device 002: ID 05ac:8507 Apple Inc. Built-in iSight Serial: 8J97P2KF16V13A00 Bus 038 Device 003: ID 1a40:0101 TERMINUS TECHNOLOGY INC. USB 2.0 Hub [MTT] Bus 038 Device 004: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International Limited FT232R USB UART Serial: A601EFG9 Bus 038 Device 005: ID 12d1:1038 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Android Adapter Serial: 509F2735096D Bus 038 Device 002: ID 05ac:8403 Apple Inc. Internal Memory Card Reader Serial: 000000009833 Bus 004 Device 003: ID 05ac:8242 Apple Inc. IR Receiver Bus 004 Device 002: ID 05ac:0236 Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BRCM2046 Hub Bus 006 Device 003: ID 05ac:8213 Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller Serial: 002608CCAC6F Bus 036 Device 001: ID 05ac:8006 Apple Inc. EHCI Root Hub Simulation Bus 038 Device 001: ID 05ac:8006 Apple Inc. EHCI Root Hub Simulation Bus 004 Device 001: ID 05ac:8005 Apple Inc. OHCI Root Hub Simulation Bus 006 Device 001: ID 05ac:8005 Apple Inc. OHCI Root Hub Simulation Usage List USB devices -v Increase verbosity (show output of "system_profiler SPUSBDataType") -s [[bus]:][devnum] Show only devices with specified device and/or bus numbers (in decimal) -d [vendor]:[product] Show only devices with the specified vendor and product ID numbers (in hexadecimal) -p Display manufacturer names in parentheses -t Dump the physical USB device hierarchy as a tree -V Show version of program -h Show usage and help For a more accurate usage description type man lsusb or man man/lsusb.8 if inside the script's directory.
