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Automatically Generate Hardware Inventory Reports in Python

Generate a system hardware report including OS version, CPU cores, RAM, and disk usage using platform and psutil.

import platform
import psutil  # requires: pip install psutil
from datetime import datetime

def generate_hardware_report():
    report_lines = []
    report_lines.append(f"Report Generated: {datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}")
    report_lines.append(f"System: {platform.system()} {platform.release()} ({pl…

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Automatically Log CPU, RAM, and Disk Usage Every Minute in Python

This script logs CPU, RAM, and disk usage to a CSV file every 60 seconds using psutil and Python's standard library.

psutil automation monitoring

Python

import psutil
import time
import csv
from pathlib import Path

LOG_FILE = Path("system_usage_log.csv")
INTERVAL_SECONDS = 60

def log_system_usage():
    """Write CPU, RAM, and disk usage to CSV every minute."""
    file_exists = LOG_FILE.exists()
    with open(LOG_FILE, mode="a", newline="") as f:
        writer = cs…

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Benchmark Disk Write Speed in Python with tempfile

Benchmark raw disk write performance by writing a temporary file in 1MB chunks and measuring throughput in MB/s.

benchmark tempfile performance

Python

import os
import tempfile
import time

def benchmark_write(size_mb=50):
    size_bytes = size_mb * 1024 * 1024
    chunk = b'x' * 1024 * 1024  # 1 MB chunk

    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=True) as tmp:
        start = time.perf_counter()
        written = 0
        while written < size_bytes:
            …

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Monitor Disk Usage and Alert in Python

A Python script that checks disk usage percentage against a threshold and returns an ALERT or OK message with free space details.

disk monitoring shutil

Python

import shutil
import os

def check_disk_usage(path="/", threshold=85.0):
    usage = shutil.disk_usage(path)
    percent_used = (usage.used / usage.total) * 100
    
    if percent_used > threshold:
        return (f"ALERT: Disk usage at {percent_used:.1f}% on {path} "
                f"(exceeds {threshold}% threshold…

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Resize Disk Partitions in Python (Mock Script)

A mock disk partition resize script that uses dataclasses to model partitions, validate new sizes, and output the updated layout as JSON.

disk partition dataclass

Python

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Mock script to demonstrate disk partition resize logic."""
import json
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Dict


@dataclass
class Partition:
    name: str
    size_gb: int
    mount_point: str

    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, object]:
        return {
            "name": …

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