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cpuid_tool \- Command line interface to libcpuid\&.
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2008-11-19 
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\fBAuthor\fP
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Veselin Georgiev
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This file is provides a direct interface to libcpuid\&. See the usage() function (or just run the program with the `--help' switch) for a short command line options reference\&.
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This file has several purposes:
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When started with no arguments, the program outputs the RAW and decoded CPU data to files (`raw\&.txt' and `report\&.txt', respectively) - this is intended to be a dumb, doubleclicky tool for non-developer users, that can provide debug info about unrecognized processors to libcpuid developers\&.
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When operated from the terminal with the `--report' option, it is a generic CPU-info utility\&.
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Can be used in shell scripts, e\&.g\&. to get the name of the CPU, cache sizes, features, with query options like `--cache', `--brandstr', etc\&.
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Finally, it serves to self-document libcpiud itself :) 
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