list_serial_ports.py

#!/usr/bin/python3


'''
This script can be replaced by simply using:
python3 -m serial.tools.list_ports -v
'''

import serial # pip install pyserial
import serial.tools.list_ports as list_ports
import time
import argparse 

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

parser.add_argument(
        '-v',
        '--verbose',
        required = False,
        action = 'store_true',
        help = "Prints all values for each port."
        )

args = parser.parse_args()

print('All ports:')
for i, p in enumerate(list_ports.comports()):
    print(f'{i+1}. device={p.device} name={p.name} description={p.description} manufacturer={p.manufacturer}')
    if args.verbose:
        for k,v in vars(p).items():
            print('    ',k,v)
    if args.verbose:
        print()