#!/bin/bash # Source: http://askubuntu.com/a/450136 # I only slightly modify this script to add an option to show icon, useful for my tint2 executor # Also useful for polybar custom script, dzen2 feeder, conkybar, lemonbar feeder, dunst notify, etc. # 'usedcpu -i' = with icon, 'usedcpu' = text only # Cheers! # Addy PREV_TOTAL=0 PREV_IDLE=0 cpuFile="/tmp/.cpu" if [[ -f "${cpuFile}" ]]; then fileCont=$(cat "${cpuFile}") PREV_TOTAL=$(echo "${fileCont}" | head -n 1) PREV_IDLE=$(echo "${fileCont}" | tail -n 1) fi CPU=(`cat /proc/stat | grep '^cpu '`) # Get the total CPU statistics. unset CPU[0] # Discard the "cpu" prefix. IDLE=${CPU[4]} # Get the idle CPU time. # Calculate the total CPU time. TOTAL=0 for VALUE in "${CPU[@]:0:4}"; do let "TOTAL=$TOTAL+$VALUE" done if [[ "${PREV_TOTAL}" != "" ]] && [[ "${PREV_IDLE}" != "" ]]; then # Calculate the CPU usage since we last checked. let "DIFF_IDLE=$IDLE-$PREV_IDLE" let "DIFF_TOTAL=$TOTAL-$PREV_TOTAL" let "DIFF_USAGE=(1000*($DIFF_TOTAL-$DIFF_IDLE)/$DIFF_TOTAL+5)/10" if [[ $1 = "-i" ]]; then echo " ${DIFF_USAGE}%" else echo "${DIFF_USAGE}%" fi else if [[ $1 = "-i" ]]; then echo " ?" else echo "?" fi fi # Remember the total and idle CPU times for the next check. echo "${TOTAL}" > "${cpuFile}" echo "${IDLE}" >> "${cpuFile}"