cpuinfo.py

#!/usr/bin/env Python
from __future__ import print_function
from collections import OrderedDict
import pprint

def cpuinfo():
    ''' Return the information in /proc/cpuinfo
    as a dictionary in the following format:
    cpu_info['proc0']={...}
    cpu_info['proc1']={...}
    '''
    cpuinfo=OrderedDict()
    procinfo=OrderedDict()

    nprocs = 0
    with open('/proc/cpuinfo') as f:
        for line in f:
            if not line.strip():
                # end of one processor
                cpuinfo['proc%s' % nprocs] = procinfo
                nprocs=nprocs+1
                # Reset
                procinfo=OrderedDict()
            else:
                if len(line.split(':')) == 2:
                    procinfo[line.split(':')[0].strip()] = line.split(':')[1].strip()
                else:
                    procinfo[line.split(':')[0].strip()] = ''

    return cpuinfo

if __name__=='__main__':
    cpuinfo = cpuinfo()
    for processor in cpuinfo.keys():
        print(cpuinfo[processor]['model name'])