CPU Temperature Widget for Awesome3

gistfile1.lua

-- {{{ shell script: showtemp
-- #! /bin/bash
-- echo "scale=1; `cat /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/temp1_input`/1000" | bc
-- }}}

function get_cpu_temp()
    local s = io.popen('showtemp')
    local temp = s:read()
    s:close()
    return temp
end

function update_cpu_temp(widget)
    widget.text = "CPU:" .. get_cpu_temp()
end

mycpuwidget = widget({ type = "textbox", align = "right" })
mycputimer = timer({ timeout = 10 })
mycputimer:add_signal("timeout", function() update_cpu_temp(mycpuwidget) end)
mycputimer:start()
update_cpu_temp(mycpuwidget)

-- NOTE: add mycpuwidget to your widget list (e.g. wibox)