Thanks in advance for any response...

I would like to know how to unplug/disable the usbdevice from redhat9
without physically unpluging it.  The purpose of the is so my usb device,
which is a scanner, can be seen by vmware.

Is there a command that will do this?

The usbmodules command only has these args... Usage: usbmodules [--help]
[--device /proc/bus/usb/NNN/NNN] [--check module]
[--mapfile pathname] [--version]
Lists kernel modules corresponding to USB devices currently plugged into
the computer.
When I run ./usbmodules --device /proc/bus/usb/001/002 I get ... "scanner"
as the result.

The lsusb usage is the following...
usage: lsusb [-v] [-x] [-p <procpath>] [-s [<bus>:][<devnum>]] [-d
[<vendor>]:[<device>]]

here is a copy of my lsusb command... Bus 001 Device 002: ID 03f0:0405
Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 3400cse Device Descriptor:
bLength                18
bDescriptorType         1
bcdUSB               1.00
bDeviceClass            0 Interface
bDeviceSubClass         0
bDeviceProtocol         0
bMaxPacketSize0         8
idVendor           0x03f0 Hewlett-Packard idProduct          0x0405
ScanJet 3400cse bcdDevice            0.00
iManufacturer          10 Hewlett-Packard iProduct               11
Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 3400C iSerial                12 CN08L1D0KVTG
bNumConfigurations      1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength                 9
bDescriptorType         2
wTotalLength           39
bNumInterfaces          1
bConfigurationValue     1
iConfiguration          0
bmAttributes         0x40
Self Powered
MaxPower               48mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength                 9
bDescriptorType         4
bInterfaceNumber        0
bAlternateSetting       0
bNumEndpoints           3
bInterfaceClass        16
bInterfaceSubClass      1
bInterfaceProtocol      0
iInterface              0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength                 7
bDescriptorType         5
bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
bmAttributes            2
Transfer Type            Bulk
Synch Type               none
wMaxPacketSize         64
bInterval               0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength                 7
bDescriptorType         5
bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes            2
Transfer Type            Bulk
Synch Type               none
wMaxPacketSize         64
bInterval               0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength                 7
bDescriptorType         5
bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
bmAttributes            3
Transfer Type            Interrupt
Synch Type               none
wMaxPacketSize          1
bInterval               8
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)

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