#!/bin/sh if [ "$1" == "" ] then V=" " else V="$1" fi awk '{u=$2+$4; t=$2+$4+$5; if (NR==1){u1=u; t1=t;} else print ($2+$4-u1) * 100 / (t-t1) ; }' <(grep "cpu${V}" /proc/stat) <(sleep 0.5;grep "cpu${V}" /proc/stat) #awk '{u=$2+$4; t=$2+$4+$5; if (NR==1){u1=u; t1=t;} else print ($2+$4-u1) * 100 / (t-t1) "%"; }' <(grep "cpu${V}" /proc/stat) <(sleep 1;grep "cpu${V}" /proc/stat)