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5.9. CPU-Temperature
Gets the temperature of the given thermal zone. It is possible to define a max_threshold that will color the temperature red in case the specified thermal zone is getting too hot. Defaults to 75 degrees C. The output format when above max_threshold can be customized with format_above_threshold.
Example order: cpu_temperature 0
Example format: T: %degrees °C
Example max_threshold: 42
Example format_above_threshold: Warning T above threshold: %degrees °C
Example path: /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/temp1_input