local wibox = require('wibox') local beautiful = require('beautiful') local dpi = require('beautiful').xresources.apply_dpi local watch = require('awful.widget.watch') local cpu = wibox.widget.textbox() local total_prev = 0 local idle_prev = 0 watch([[bash -c "cat /proc/stat | grep '^cpu '"]], 1, function(_, stdout) local user, nice, system, idle, iowait, irq, softirq, steal, guest, guest_nice = stdout:match('(%d+)%s(%d+)%s(%d+)%s(%d+)%s(%d+)%s(%d+)%s(%d+)%s(%d+)%s(%d+)%s(%d+)%s') local total = user + nice + system + idle + iowait + irq + softirq + steal local diff_idle = idle - idle_prev local diff_total = total - total_prev local diff_usage = (1000 * (diff_total - diff_idle) / diff_total + 5) / 10 cpu.text = math.floor(diff_usage) .. '%' total_prev = total idle_prev = idle collectgarbage('collect') end) return cpu