cpuid_tool(3)

NAME
cpuid_tool - Command line interface to libcpuid

Date
    2008-11-19

Author
    Veselin Georgiev

This file is provides a direct interface to libcpuid. See the usage() function (or just run the program with the `--help' switch) for a short command line options reference.

This file has several purposes:

1.  When started with no arguments, the program outputs the RAW and decoded CPU data to files (`raw.txt' and `report.txt', respectively) - this is intended to be a dumb, doubleclicky tool for non-developer users, that can provide debug info about unrecognized processors to libcpuid developers.

2.  When operated from the terminal with the `--report' option, it is a generic CPU-info utility.

3.  Can be used in shell scripts, e.g. to get the name of the CPU, cache sizes, features, with query options like `--cache', `--brandstr', etc.

4.  Finally, it serves to self-document libcpiud itself :)