def cpu_percent(interval=0.1, per_cpu=False): ''' Return the percent of time the CPU is busy. interval the number of seconds to sample CPU usage over per_cpu if True return an array of CPU percent busy for each CPU, otherwise aggregate all percents into one number CLI Example: .. code-block:: bash salt '*' ps.cpu_percent ''' if per_cpu: result = list(psutil.cpu_percent(interval, True)) else: result = psutil.cpu_percent(interval) return result