#!/usr/bin/python3 import os, json, sys # comments added for Panini try: # get arguments from command line sensor_group = sys.argv[1] # 1st argument sensor = sys.argv[2] # 2nd arggument except IndexError: # could not get arguments bc the arguments array doesn't contain enough elements print("usage: python3 "+sys.argv[0]+" ") # show usage information, sys.argv[0] is the name of the python file itself sys.exit(1) #exit with error code 1 bc we want scripts to be able to reliably tell that soemthing went wrong sensors_process = os.popen("sensors -j") # run 'sensors -j' to get a json formatted list of hardware sensors and their values temps_str = sensors_process.read() # read output of 'sensors -j' sensors_process.close() # close handle bc we don't need or want to have it around anymore temps = json.loads(temps_str) # load json string into a python dict try: # this is ... well ... a oneliner I would use... print([value for key, value in temps[sensor_group][sensor].items() if key.endswith("input")][0]) # temps is a dict with multiple dicts inside it # first step is to get the desired sensor group # temps[sensor_group] # then we get the desired sensor from that sensor group # temps[sensor_group][sensor] # from that, we go through all the items of that dict putting the keys and their corresponding values in two variables # for key, value in temps[sensor_group][sensor].items() # check whether the key ends with "input" # if key.endswith("input") # and if it does, we put it in an array # [value for key, value in temps[sensor_group][sensor].items() if key.endswith("input")] # we take the first entry of that array # [value for key, value in temps[sensor_group][sensor].items() if key.endswith("input")][0] # and put it on the console # print([value for key, value in temps[sensor_group][sensor].items() if key.endswith("input")][0]) except KeyError: # if we can't find an element in the dict that corresponds to the sensor group / sensor given on the command line print("Sensor \""+sensor_group+":"+sensor+" not found!") sys.exit(1) #exit with error code 1 bc we want scripts to be able to reliably tell that soemthing went wrong