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how to get the cpu usage of past 10 minutes in python

I am able to get current cpu usage details using following code 

import psutil as PSUTIL
PSUTIL.cpu_percent(interval=1)

My question is; how can i get the past 10 minutes cpu usage details?

Solution

  • Run the python script in background using cronjob
    1)Open terminal and type crontab -e
    2)Edit the file and write the following code to run the python script in background 

    */1 * * * * python /yourpath/yourpythonfile.py

    3) Create yourpythonfile.py and write the following code

    import psutil as PSUTIL 
    with open('/yourpath/yourfile.txt', "a") as myfile:
       myfile.write(str(PSUTIL.cpu_percent(interval=1))+"%"'\n')