need command line help

[sidebrake]

I need help writing my first script. When I run this script I need these information to be display:

1) The number of cores the system is using
2) The CPU thats related to the core
3) Video card type
4) Number of video cards the system is using
5) Memory type
6) How much memory the system has
7) Last user that logged in

Please advise on the command lines I need to display these information. Thanks in advance. (I am working with Debian Linux)

[Freston]

I need help writing my first script.

Is this a homework question??
Hint: You can get an awful lot of info you are after from the /proc directory

[sidebrake]

Is this a homework question??
Hint: You can get an awful lot of info you are after from the /proc directory

that helped out a lot, thanks.

BTW: this is for work actually, my first .JR admin job... i should have paid attention in my linux classes during college.

[sidebrake]

when i use the command:

"cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | cut -d: -f2"

i get this output:

"Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2222"
"Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2222"
"Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2222"
"Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2222"

how do i make it so it will do a count for me instead of display all 4 outputs... for example i am looking for something like this:

"Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2222 = 4"

Please advice thanks!

[i92guboj]

COUNT=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/.*: //' | wc -l)
echo -n $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/.*: //' | uniq) = $COUNT

That's the basic idea on shell scripting. I changed cut by sed because I preffer it, and it can also take rid of that space that there was in front of the model name (just after the : colons that you use as a field delimiter).

[sidebrake]

COUNT=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/.*: //' | wc -l)
echo -n $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/.*: //' | uniq) = $COUNT

That's the basic idea on shell scripting. I changed cut by sed because I preffer it, and it can also take rid of that space that there was in front of the model name (just after the : colons that you use as a field delimiter).

thats exactly what i was looking for, thanks you!