Name
hwprefs
Synopsis
hwprefs [-h] hwprefs [-v]parameter
[=value
] [parameter
[=value
]]...
Description
Prints some information about the system to standard output. This option is installed as part of the Computer Hardware Understanding Development (CHUD) set of developer tools.
Options/Usage
- -h
Prints a usage statement to standard error.
- -v
Prints information verbosely.
-
parameter
One of the following:
cpus
reports the number of CPUs (either1
or2
),cpunap
reports whether the CPU may slow down to conserve energy (either0
or1
),hwprefetch
reports the number of prefetch engines used by a G5 CPU (either4
or8
), andostype
reports the code name for the system’s OS: Cheetah (Mac OS X 10.0), Puma (10.1), Jaguar (10.2), Smeagol (10.2.7), or Panther (10.3).
Location
/usr/bin
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