diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+/target
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
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+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "system-monitoring-cli"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "system-monitoring-cli"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
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+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{self, BufRead, Error, ErrorKind, Result};
+use std::thread::sleep;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct CpuTimes {
+    cpu: String,
+    user: u64,
+    nice: u64,
+    system: u64,
+    idle: u64,
+    iowait: u64,
+    irq: u64,
+    softirq: u64,
+    steal: u64,
+    guest: u64,
+    guest_nice: u64,
+}
+
+fn read_cpu_times() -> Result<Vec<CpuTimes>> {
+    if let Ok(file) = File::open("/proc/stat") {
+        let reader = io::BufReader::new(file);
+
+        let mut cpu_times: Vec<CpuTimes> = Vec::new();
+        for line in reader.lines() {
+            let line = line?;
+            if line.starts_with("cpu") {
+                let times = parse_cputimes(line);
+                cpu_times.push(times);
+            }
+        }
+        return Ok(cpu_times);
+    }
+    Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::NotFound, "CPU data not found"))
+}
+
+fn parse_cputimes(line: String) -> CpuTimes {
+    let parts: Vec<&str> = line.split_whitespace().collect();
+    let times = CpuTimes {
+        cpu: parts[0].to_owned(),
+        user: parts[1].parse().unwrap(),
+        nice: parts[2].parse().unwrap(),
+        system: parts[3].parse().unwrap(),
+        idle: parts[4].parse().unwrap(),
+        iowait: parts[5].parse().unwrap(),
+        irq: parts[6].parse().unwrap(),
+        softirq: parts[7].parse().unwrap(),
+        steal: parts[8].parse().unwrap(),
+        guest: parts[9].parse().unwrap(),
+        guest_nice: parts[10].parse().unwrap(),
+    };
+    times
+}
+
+fn calculate_cpu_usage<'a>(
+    prev_times: &'a Vec<CpuTimes>,
+    curr_times: &'a Vec<CpuTimes>,
+) -> Vec<(&'a str, f64)> {
+    let mut cpu_percentages: Vec<(&str, f64)> = Vec::new();
+
+    for i in 0..prev_times.len() {
+        let prev = &prev_times[i];
+        let curr = &curr_times[i];
+
+        let prev_idle = prev.idle + prev.iowait;
+        let curr_idle = curr.idle + curr.iowait;
+
+        let prev_non_idle =
+            prev.user + prev.nice + prev.system + prev.irq + prev.softirq + prev.steal;
+        let curr_non_idle =
+            curr.user + curr.nice + curr.system + curr.irq + curr.softirq + curr.steal;
+
+        let prev_total = prev_idle + prev_non_idle;
+        let curr_total = curr_idle + curr_non_idle;
+
+        let totald = curr_total - prev_total;
+        let idled = curr_idle - prev_idle;
+
+        let cpu_percentage = (totald - idled) as f64 / totald as f64 * 100.0;
+
+        cpu_percentages.push((&prev.cpu, cpu_percentage));
+    }
+
+    cpu_percentages
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    loop {
+        // First snapshot
+        let prev = read_cpu_times().expect("Failed to read CPU times");
+        // Wait for a second
+        sleep(Duration::new(1, 0));
+        // Second snapshot
+        let curr = read_cpu_times().expect("Failed to read CPU times");
+
+        let cpu_usage = calculate_cpu_usage(&prev, &curr);
+        
+        for usage in cpu_usage {
+            println!("{} usage is {:.2}", usage.0 , usage.1);
+        }
+    }
+}