System Administration

Excellent System Utilities: CPU-X – system profiler tool

Last Updated on December 24, 2022

Text-based user interface

In addition to the utility’s attractive GTK interface, there’s also the option to run the software from a console.

The command

$ cpu-x -N

starts the program with its text-based user interface.

CPU-X - CPU - Text based

There’s support for Vim-keys and other key mappings.

There’s also the ability to dump all data to standard output and exit. This is performed by running the command:

$ cpu-x -D

This is a useful way to capture the system’s information and can be easily relayed to others; useful if you’re looking for help from others.

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Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – In Operation
Page 3 – Text-based user interface
Page 4 – Summary


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Brian Holmes
Brian Holmes
3 years ago

inxi is much better to be fair for sharing system information with others.

JohnSmith
JohnSmith
3 years ago

It’s what people usually recommend as far as I’ve seen. I’d have to check out how CPU-X differs before making any claims though.