GPIOINFO(1) gpioinfo GPIOINFO(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

gpioinfo - libgpiod command-line utility

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**gpioinfo** \[*OPTIONS*] \[*line*]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Print information about GPIO lines.

Lines are specified by name, or optionally by offset if the chip option is provided.

If no lines are specified then all lines are displayed.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**--by-name**](#by)

treat lines as names even if they would parse as an offset

[**-c**, **--chip** <chip>](#c)

restrict scope to a particular chip

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

display this help and exit

[**-s**, **--strict**](#s)

check all lines - don't assume line names are unique

[**--unquoted**](#unquoted)

don't quote line or consumer names

[**-v**, **--version**](#v)

output version information and exit

## [Chips:](#Chips:)

A GPIO chip may be identified by number, name, or path. e.g. '0', 'gpiochip0', and '/dev/gpiochip0' all refer to the same chip.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@kernel.org>

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

Report bugs to:  
Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@kernel.org>  
linux-gpio <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright © 2017-2023 Bartosz Golaszewski License: GPL-2.0-or-later  
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

October 2026 gpioinfo v2.3.1 (libgpiod v2.2.1)

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Document: gpioinfo(1) from libgpiod 2.3.1-r1 (Chainguard OS)