yea dmidecode has been around for a long time and its a very useful tool.
I commonly use it to grab the asset tag or serial number on a box when
I need to make a call to a hardware vendor for a replacement part.

look at the -t option

"dmidecode -t bios" will just give you the bios information

"dmidecode -t system" will just give you the system info like the
serial number, manufacture and model.


On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:58 AM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I really don't care to reboot my computer and try to
> read the bios revision as it flashes by.  I found this
> sweet command line utility to read the bios from the
> command line and wanted to share it:
>
> su root -c "dmidecode | less"
>
> -T