CPU and Memory information using python on Linux

sysinfo.py

#cpu info mem info by ashok.s.das@gmail.com
#reads and parses /proc/cpuinfo and /proc/meminfo to obtain information
def parse_cpu_info():
    info=dict()
    try:
        f=open('/proc/cpuinfo','r')
    except IOError:
        return{}
    while True:
        line = f.readline()
        #print(line,len(line))
        if not line or len(line)<=1: break
        pair = line.split(":")
        info[pair[0].strip()]=pair[1].strip()
    print('CPU is',info['vendor_id'],'model',info['model name'], 'having',info['cpu cores'],'cores')
    f.close()

def mem_info():
    minfo=dict()
    try:
        f=open('/proc/meminfo','r')
    except IOError:
        return{}
    while True:
        line = f.readline()
        #print(line,len(line))
        if not line or len(line)<=1: break
        pair = line.split(":")
        minfo[pair[0].strip()]=pair[1].strip()
    print('Total Memory =',minfo['MemTotal'],'free',minfo['MemFree'],'Available',minfo['MemAvailable'])