baseline script to determine Linux system configuration

#!/bin/bash
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# obtain system configuration details ## 2025.10.16 jm
# http://johnmeister.com/linux  http://bibletech.net
# keep trusting Jesus, if not, start He's our only hope.
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# chmod 755 baseline.sh.txt; put in path; hash -r   ###
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###  ...---| 80 chars for printing width guide    ######
###  to print output w/in 80 char use fold -s -w 80 ####
###  indubitably this could be made more simple... :)
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HOST=`hostname`
DATE=`/bin/date '+%Y-%m-%b-%d'`  # provides YYYY-MM-mon-DD
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee $HOST-$DATE.txt
hostname                                                                                | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
date                                                                                    | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
date '+%Y-%m-%b-%d'                                                                     | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
    w                                                                                   | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
    uname -a                                                                            | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
    cat /etc/os-release                                                                 | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
   cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal                                                    | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -E \"(processor|model name|cache size|MHz)"              | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
   cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -E '(processor|model name|cache size|MHz)'                  | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "ls -Al /dev/disk/by-id | grep -v \"total 0\" | awk \'{print $9\" \"$NF}\'"        | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
   ls -Al /dev/disk/by-id | grep -v "total 0" | awk '{print $9" "$NF}'                  | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "blkid"                                                                            | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
   blkid                                                                                | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "cat /etc/fstab"                                                                   | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
   cat /etc/fstab                                                                       | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "'df -hT 2>/dev/null | grep -v fs | grep -v boot | grep -v udev'"                  | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
    df -hT 2>/dev/null | grep -v fs | grep -v boot | grep -v udev                       | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "df -h"                                                                            | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
    df -h                                                                               | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "cat /etc/hosts | grep -E -v '(^#|^$| ip6-)'"                                      | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
    cat /etc/hosts | grep -E -v '(^#|^$| ip6-)'                                         | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "ls -al /etc/resolv.conf # note any symlink"                                       | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
    ls -al /etc/resolv.conf                                                             | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
    cat /etc/resolv.conf                                                                | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "ifconfig -a # check /etc/hosts to match"                                          | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
   ifconfig -a                                                                          | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "iwconfig # check /etc/hosts to match"                                             | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
   iwconfig                                                                             | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "route"                                                                            | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
route                                                                                   | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "nslookup johnmeister.com, bibletech.net # cks DNS"                                | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
nslookup johnmeister.com                                                                | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
nslookup bibletech.net                                                                  | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "if bored:   traceroute  --resolve-hostnames google.com "                          | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "ls -Alt ~/.ssh # verify public ids, check authorized_keys"                        | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
   ls -Alt ~/.ssh                                                                       | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "# should only be one :0: userid as root"                                          | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
 cat /etc/passwd  | awk -F : '{print ":"$3":"}' | grep "0" | grep -v [1-9]              | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
 cat /etc/passwd  | grep root | grep  -v chroot                                         | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "sudo cat /etc/sudoers | grep NOPASSWD # verify users allowed sudo w/no passwd"    | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
   sudo cat /etc/sudoers | grep NOPASSWD                                                | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "###############################################################################|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
cat baseline.sh.txt                                                                     | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt
echo "###############################################################################|" | tee -a $HOST-$DATE.txt