System processor speed?

xamdbz01 · 06-29-2005, 05:42 AM

how would i go about getting the processor speed in a console?

Bruce Hill · 06-29-2005, 06:26 AM

Code:

mingdao@james:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 6
model           : 10
model name      : AMD Athlon(TM) XP
stepping        : 0
cpu MHz         : 2301.180
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips        : 4521.98

crash748 · 06-29-2005, 06:34 AM

sysctl hw.cpuspeed | cut -d "=" -f2

you can see all the info you need with sysctl -a (best to pipe it through more/less)

Bruce Hill · 06-29-2005, 06:39 AM

mingdao@james:~$ /sbin/sysctl hw.cpuspeed | cut -d "=" -f2
error: 'hw.cpuspeed' is an unknown key

I always like to learn neat commands like that. Can you fix it?

crash748 · 06-29-2005, 09:08 AM

I use this command on a OpenBSD box, I don't know how the correct syntax is for the other BSD's.
but try "sysctl -a | grep speed" and see what that gives.

Bruce Hill · 06-29-2005, 09:14 AM

Sorry, mate. I just noticed this was the *BSD forum.
I'm running Slackware, and sysctl doesn't work the same...

Code:

mingdao@james:~$ su -c "/sbin/sysctl -a | grep speed"
Password: 
error: unknown error 1 reading key 'net.ipv4.route.flush'
dev.cdrom.info = drive speed:           52      40
dev.cdrom.info = Can change speed:      1       1

No worries, though, I'll check it out later.

Thanks.

Cron · 06-29-2005, 09:59 AM

@ Chinaman:
Ahh...
I know this is all clumsy, but here you go - a neat command to get CPU speed (at least it works (for Linux)

):

Code:

cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "cpu MHz" | sed 's/[^0-9\.]//g'

Hope this works for you

!

twantrd · 07-01-2005, 11:06 PM

Remember,

Linux is NOT the same as *BSD. There is no /proc/cpuinfo and /proc/meminfo in BSD. To find out use dmesg like so:

dmesg | grep CPU

-twantrd

xamdbz01 · 07-01-2005, 11:26 PM

I got it all figured out now.

Thanks for the input