Comments on: Linux HZ checker http://kaasxxx.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/linux-hz-checker/ Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:26:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lincoln http://kaasxxx.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/linux-hz-checker/#comment-70 Lincoln Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:26:56 +0000 http://kaasxxx.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/linux-hz-checker/#comment-70 The script wouldn't work for me. So I used awk instead of cut. It might be a little simpler also. #!/bin/sh while [ 1 ]; do A=`cat /proc/interrupts | grep timer | awk '{ print $2 }'` sleep 1 B=`cat /proc/interrupts | grep timer | awk '{ print $2 }'` C=$(($B-$A)); echo "HZ:$C" done The script wouldn’t work for me. So I used awk instead of cut. It might be a little simpler also.

#!/bin/sh
while [ 1 ]; do
A=`cat /proc/interrupts | grep timer | awk ‘{ print $2 }’`
sleep 1
B=`cat /proc/interrupts | grep timer | awk ‘{ print $2 }’`
C=$(($B-$A));
echo “HZ:$C”
done

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