pitemp

Introduction of using BASH script to check temperatures on the Raspberry Pi

pitemp

This is a simple bash script that retrieves the CPU and GPU temperature of the Raspberry Pi Single Board Computer (SBC).

1. Go to directory

cd pitemp

2. Run Script

bash pitemp.sh

Correct output

Huats Pitemp Bash Script
Pi Temperature of <hostname> @ <Day-Date-Time-Year>
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CPU Temperature is => <CPU-Temp> 'C
GPU Temperature is => <GPU-Temp> 'C

timepi.sh

This is a simple bash script that retrieves and log the CPU and GPU temperature of the Raspberry Pi Single Board Computer (SBC).

1. Go to directory

cd pitemp

2. Make timepi.sh executable

sudo chmod +x timepi.sh

3. edit crontab to run timepi.sh every minute

crontab -e

enter the following command

*/1 * * * * /bin/bash /home/<username>/pitemp/timepi.sh

4. Read templog.txt output

Pi Temperature of <hostname> @ <DAy-Date-Time-Year>
CPU Temperature is => 40 C
GPU Temperature is => temp=41.0'C
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