Try under /proc. If you cat /proc/cpuinfo, it gives you the chip model, vendor, and a bunch of other attributes. Maria On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM, John C Nash <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> wrote: > For some benchmarking tests I want to do, I'd like to be able to use command > line tools to get the following information (not only for Linux -- my tests > will be on Mac and PC too, but that will come later): > > - OS version, by which I mean not just the "uname -a" stuff, but also > whether I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 or Debian Lenny. > - Processor (uname seems to be a bit sketchy on this) > - RAM installed (Is free good enough? It needs interpretation. I'd like RAM > available to the application I'm running.) > - possibly other stuff > > It seems like some of this information is available, but I'd like to prepare > a script that collects and organizes it. That way I might have a hope of > getting equivalent information on other platforms. > > Thanks, > > JN > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >