parsable nvidia-detect

[John Bazik]

Nvidia-detect is super helpful, but only for humans.  I wrote a similar sh script that produces parsable output.  I needed a script I can use to automate driver selection and installation.  It depends only on the contents and names of the .ids files in /usr/share/nvidia, so it shouldn't need to be updated over time.  I'm happy to contribute it if others would find it helpful.  I GPL'd it.  Sample output:

$ nvidia-driver -h
usage: nvidia-driver [PCIID]..
     -a, --all      list all devices and driver versions
     -h, --help     print this message
     -n, --numver   just show driver major version number

$ nvidia-driver
10DE1402 nvidia-driver

$ nvidia-driver -n
10DE1402 418

$ nvidia-driver -a
10DE1402 nvidia-driver nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver

$ nvidia-driver -n -a
10DE1402 418 390

$ nvidia-driver -a 10DE1D81 10DE1245
10DE1D81 nvidia-driver nvidia-legacy-390xx-amd64-driver:amd64
10DE1245 nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver

$ nvidia-driver 10DE124x
10DE124x none

It doesn't know about debian releases, but it's easy to check if a particular driver is available.  Here it is:

https://gist.github.com/jbazik/d5dc0d0be25d1769027abbc3f049cbb2

John