cpuid_tool(3)              Library Functions Manual              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 :)

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