Script to easily print current CPU temperature

cputemp.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""Display/print current CPU temperature.

Copyright Caden Gobat (@cgobat on GitHub)

This program is free software. You may use, copy, modify, and/or redistribute it under the terms of the GNU GPL v3.

The lm-sensors package (or whatever provides the `sensors` command on your distro) is required to run this program.
This file is most useful if it is made executable and placed somewhere on your $PATH.
"""

import json
import subprocess

def get_sensors_json() -> dict:
    cmd = ["sensors", "-j"]
    proc = subprocess.run(cmd, text=True, capture_output=True)
    json_str = proc.stdout
    json_dict = json.loads(json_str)
    return json_dict

def get_temp_from_json(sensors_dict: dict) -> float:
    return sensors_dict["cpu_thermal-virtual-0"]["temp1"]["temp1_input"]

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sensors_dict = get_sensors_json()
    temperature = get_temp_from_json(sensors_dict)
    print(f"{temperature:.1f}\xB0C")