get cpu usage linux code example

Example 1: linux check cpu usage

lscpu

# Or
cat /proc/cpuinfo

Example 2: how to set cpu usage to 100% linux

$ sudo cpulimit --pid 17918 --limit 50  

Process 17918 detected

Example 3: how to max cpu usage in linux

cat /proc/cpuinfo

Example 4: log cpu usage on linux

while true; do (echo "%CPU %MEM ARGS $(date)" && ps -e -o pcpu,pmem,args --sort=pcpu | cut -d" " -f1-5 | tail) >> ps.log; sleep 5; done