# smartctl -q noserial -x /dev/sdb
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-4.14.0-2-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

/dev/sdb: Unknown USB bridge [0x152d:0x578e (0x1402)]
Please specify device type with the -d option.

Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary