Tested using sosreport: sosreport_3.9-1ubuntu0.16.04.2
# installed sosreport from proposed
$ sudo apt-get install sosreport/xenial-proposed
# run sosreport
$ sudo sosreport -o hardware
# untar tar created from sosreport
$ sudo tar -xvf <name of tar file>
# find `lshw` command output
$ cd /tmp/<name of tar file>/sos_commands/hardware
# verify output of lshw command
$ less lshw
# verified command ran and its output was saved to lshw file
[VERIFICATION XENIAL]
Tested using sosreport: sosreport_ 3.9-1ubuntu0. 16.04.2
# installed sosreport from proposed xenial- proposed commands/ hardware
$ sudo apt-get install sosreport/
# run sosreport
$ sudo sosreport -o hardware
# untar tar created from sosreport
$ sudo tar -xvf <name of tar file>
# find `lshw` command output
$ cd /tmp/<name of tar file>/sos_
# verify output of lshw command
$ less lshw
# verified command ran and its output was saved to lshw file
- Thanks for catching that Eric!