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I am currently using the below method to extract CPU usage idle value from top command and subtracting the value from 100. Is this method correct and is there a better way to achieve the same.

Also, my linux VM is a stripped down version and has only few basic tools like top. Installing other tools is not an option as the package manager is also removed. 

CPU_IDLE="$(top -bn2 | grep -F '%Cpu' | tail -n 4 | gawk '{print $8 $9}' | tr -s '\n\:\,[:alpha:]' ' '| gawk '{print $2}'),"
Bandi Sandeep
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Yes, your method alright.

But, you could use mpstat to get more details.

It is included in sysstat package, and if you don't have it installed...

On CentOS / RHEL:

sudo yum install sysstat

On Ubuntu / Debian:

sudo apt-get install sysstat

Use bellow command if you don't have any permission to install a package

grep 'cpu ' /proc/stat | awk '{usage=($2+$4)*100/($2+$4+$5)} END {print usage "%"}'
Rakib
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  • Sorry, I forgot to add that my linux VM is a stripped down version and has only few basic tools like top. Installing other tools is not an option as the package manager is also removed. – Bandi Sandeep Apr 12 '17 at 09:48
  • You could extract a deb package and copy files manually, or compile from source code. – Michael D. Apr 12 '17 at 10:11
  • Hey Rakib, looks like the command is not giving actual values. Yesterday ,I ran a script to log the CPU usage for almost 8 hours and I plotted a graph from the datapoints. However, it didn't match to the CPU history shown on my hyper visor for this linux VM. – Bandi Sandeep Apr 13 '17 at 04:51