Package that reads the tempature on a laptop

[PapaParrot]

As the title says, Does any one know the name of any package that can read the cpu tempature on various laptops, ?
thanks

[bsdun]

There is a built-in command

sysctl hw.sensors

[PapaParrot]

Ah hah, Thanks, that has a lot of information , very use full

hw.sensors.cpu0.temp0=47.00 deg

[jggimi]

My window manager of choice, x11/i3, uses the integrated status bar application x11/i3status. The latter will produce a temperature report that updates continuously, and will change from a normal white to a warning red when the sensor reaches a threshold I provision. I am using 5 second updates, and a threshold of 90 C.

[IdOp]

Under X there's also gkrellm.

[bradley]

Similar to sysctl hw.sensors is

systat sensors

No temperature but cpu load is shown by the tool xstatbar. Conky might be an option in order to show cpu temperature on the desktop.