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+#!/bin/sh
+CPUFILE=/proc/cpuinfo
+test -f $CPUFILE || exit 1
+NUMPHY=`grep "physical id" $CPUFILE | sort -u | wc -l`
+NUMLOG=`grep "processor" $CPUFILE | wc -l`
+if [ $NUMPHY -eq 1 ]
+  then
+    echo This system has one physical CPU,
+  else
+    echo This system has $NUMPHY physical CPUs,
+fi
+if [ $NUMLOG -gt 1 ]
+  then
+    echo and $NUMLOG logical CPUs.
+    NUMCORE=`grep "core id" $CPUFILE | sort -u | wc -l`
+    if [ $NUMCORE -gt 1 ]
+      then
+        echo For every physical CPU there are $NUMCORE cores.
+    fi
+  else
+    echo and one logical CPU.
+fi
+echo -n The CPU is a `grep "model name" $CPUFILE | sort -u | cut -d : -f 2-`
+echo " with`grep "cache size" $CPUFILE | sort -u | cut -d : -f 2-` cache"