hdinfo

#!/bin/bash

myname=${0##*/}

usage() {
	echo "$myname: prints info about a Hard Disk" >&2
	echo "Usage: $myname DEVICE" >&2
	echo "Example: $myname /dev/sda" >&2
	exit "${1:-0}"
}

if [[ -z "${1:-}" ]] || (( $# > 1 )); then
	usage
fi


case "$1" in
	-h|--help) usage;;
	*) device=$1;;
esac

if ! [[ -b "$device" ]]; then
	echo "$myname: error: '$device' is not a block device" >&2
	usage 1
fi

# --------------

printcmd() {
	echo "-----------------------------------------------------------------"
	echo "\$ $@"
	echo
}

echo "hdinfo $device"

printcmd fdisk p,x,p,d
printf 'p\nx\np\nd\nq\n' | sudo fdisk "$device"

printcmd hdparm -iI
sudo hdparm -iI "$device"

printcmd parted print
sudo parted "$device" print