Wmic is a set of tools used to get and set operating system related configuration and information. In this tutorial we will look how to get information about CPU.
Help
Help about wmic cpu command can be listed like below.
$ wmic cpu /?

List Brief
Wmic supports different levels of information displaying. For little and more concentrate information we will use following command.
$ wmic cpu list brief

This command output will provide following information
Caption
Socket Designation
Device ID
Manufacturer
Max Clock Speed
Name
List More
More information like Architecture, Family etc. can be listed with the CONFIG
option like below.
$ wmic cpu list config

List All
All CPU related information can be listed with the following command.
$ wmic cpu list config

Here following extra information is provided
Revision
L2 Cache Size
Cpu Status
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