Get python cpu usage

Question

Anyone using a Python script to monitor CPU usage on a Windows machine ? i've google for some time but have not been able to find any usable script. could you guys show me some example of what you're using ?

Here is the errors i got.

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 1, in 
    import wmi
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\wmi.py", line 141, in 
    from win32com.client import GetObject, Dispatch
ImportError: No module named win32com.client

Answer 1

Lucky ol' you gets to dig around in WMI. Check out the Python module 'wmi' which is about as good as I've seen.

Answer 2

You are missing the python win32 extensions which you can find here.

Answer 3

This blog entry shows some code:

def get_cpu_load():
    """ Returns a list CPU Loads"""
    result = []
    cmd = "WMIC CPU GET LoadPercentage "
    response = os.popen(cmd + ' 2>&1','r').read().strip().split("\r\n")
    for load in response[1:]:
       result.append(int(load))
    return result

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print get_cpu_load()

Answer 4

Dirk Paessler forgot to "import os"at very first line