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while :; do date; awk '{printf "1 minute load: %.2f\n", $1; printf "5 minute load: %.2f\n", $2; printf "15 minute load: %.2f\n", $3}' /proc/loadavg; sleep 3; done
while [ 1 == 1 ]; do cat /proc/loadavg | awk '{printf "1 minute load: %.2f\n", $(NF-5)}' && cat /proc/loadavg |awk '{printf "5 minute load: %.2f\n", $(NF-3)}' && cat /proc/loadavg |awk '{printf "15 minute load: %.2f\n", $(NF-2)}'; sleep 3; date; done
python -c 'import os; print os.getloadavg()[0]'