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Get the device path of USB given device ID

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After plugging the USB to the port of my machine, if I do lsusb I see the device I am looking for: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b573 Some Manufacturer If I list the devices under /dev/, I can see lots of device paths, such as /dev/tty0, /dev/ttyUSB0... etc. For what I understand, one of these paths will be my USB device, or be where my USB device is connected to. How do I know which one is the one with the ID 04f2:b573? --- This question is similar to mine, however (referring to the accepted answer ) I don't know what exactly is $ID_SERIAL, or how to I set it to be equal to the Id I'm looking for, or even what is the correct path (since his example shows multiple device paths, such as /dev/ttyACM0, /dev/sdb, /dev/input/event5 ...) Also, the second answer assumes that I know the device is connected to /dev/ttyUSB0, which I don't know beforehand (testing it on this specific path gives me no device, by the way).
Asked by Bersan (162 rep)
Feb 9, 2020, 11:50 PM
Last activity: Feb 21, 2023, 05:53 AM