howto determine processor characteristics from cli

[Tom Wittbrodt]

Labitt, Bruce wrote:
> I've got a Dell Optiplex 745 that I'm trying to figure out if it is
> worth adding more memory to it.  I'd like to find out what
> processor/speed/cache it has.  Is there a simple way to get this?  I
> would imagine it is all contained in the kernel startup log?  dmesg |
> grep (something) ?  Or is there a different way?
>
> tia
dmidecode can provide you with these details (and a whole lot more)

I don't think it part of the standard install so you'll probably need to 
install the dmidecode package

-- Tom