A Shell script to output speed of CPU in MHz

#!/bin/bash
# Simple script to print out the max MHz

MAX_MHZ=0
SYSFS_SCALING=/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies

# Use sysfs if available
if [ -e $SYSFS_SCALING ]; then
	for CURR_MHZ in `cat $SYSFS_SCALING`; do
		CURR_MHZ=$(($CURR_MHZ/1000))
		if [ $CURR_MHZ -gt $MAX_MHZ ]; then
			MAX_MHZ=$CURR_MHZ
		fi
	done
	echo $MAX_MHZ
	exit 0
fi

# Otherwise, use /proc/cpuinfo. Guess what field name is needed. In most cases,
# it's cpu MHz but there will be exceptions
FNAME="cpu MHz"
FINDEX=4
case "`uname -m`" in
	ppc64)
		FNAME="clock"
		FINDEX=3
		;;
esac

# Take a hundred samples in case of CPU frequency scaling artifically returning
# a low value. The multiple samples should wake up the CPU
for SAMPLE in `seq 1 100`; do
	for CURR_MHZ in `grep "$FNAME" /proc/cpuinfo | awk "{print \\\$$FINDEX}"`; do 
		CURR_MHZ=${CURR_MHZ/.*}
		if [ "$CURR_MHZ" = "" ]; then
			echo ERROR: Unable to extract CPU speed from /proc
			exit -1
		fi

		if [ $CURR_MHZ -gt $MAX_MHZ ]; then
			MAX_MHZ=$CURR_MHZ
		fi
	done
done
echo $MAX_MHZ
exit 0