To display the machine topology in textual mode: lstopo-no-graphics To display the machine topology in pseudo-graphical mode: lstopo-no-graphics -.txt To display in graphical mode (assuming that the DISPLAY environment variable is set to a relevant value): lstopo To export the topology to a PNG file: lstopo file.png To export an XML file on a machine and later display the corresponding graphical output on another machine: machine1$ lstopo file.xml <transfer file.xml from machine1 to machine2> machine2$ lstopo --input file.xml To save the current machine topology to XML and later reload it faster while still considering it as the current machine: $ lstopo file.xml