greping the model name of a CPU

[goude]

Hello everyone

I've written a line that remotely greps the CPU info from a host.
Here it is:

$CPUmodel = `ssh root\@system1 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep \"model name\";

My problem is that I get the output (model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+)twice instead of once. Does anyone know why is this happening?

Thanks a lot.

[matonb]

It's reporting the model name for each core found.
Hope this helps.

On a side note, you don't need to be root to view /proc/cpuinfo and you could avoid piping cat into grep by just greping the file:

CPUmodel=$(grep "model name" /proc/cpuinfo)

[goude]

Thanks you for replying matonb. That makes sense.

Thanks for the tip as well.