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Bash Script to Monitor CPU clock speed

I made a simple program but it prints all CPU speeds on ONE line... Any suggestions how to make each CPU print on its own line?

#!/bin/bash

while [ 1 ]
    do 
        my_array=( $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MHz) )
        printf '%s\033[A\n%s\033[A\n%s\033[A\n%s\033[A\n' "${my_array[*]}"
        sleep 1
    done
Solution

  • You could use

    #!/bin/bash

while [ 1 ]
    do.
        IFS="\n"
        my_array=( $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MHz) )
        for item in ${my_array[*]}
         do
          echo ${item}
          sleep 1
          clear
        done
    done

    Pay attention to the IFS variable. IFS=$'\n' (newline) is required to interpret each line from the multiline grep output as a new array item.

    By default, IFS is [::space::] or not defined.