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The CPU stats are shown as a percentage and for the configured refresh time. The total CPU usage is displayed on the first line.

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If enough horizontal space is available, extended CPU information are displayed.

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To switch to per-CPU stats, just hit the 1 key:

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By default, steal CPU time alerts aren’t logged. If you want that, just add to the configuration file:

[cpu]
steal_log=True

Legend:

CPU (user/system) Status
<50% OK
>50% CAREFUL
>70% WARNING
>90% CRITICAL

Note

Limit values can be overwritten in the configuration file under the [cpu] and/or [percpu] sections.