Reading the Current Temperature of Raspberry Pi SoC

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To measure the Raspberry Pi’s core temperature run the following command in the terminal.

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/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp
/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp
/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp

This is very helpful when putting your Pi into a case as you can make sure it is not getting too hot, especially when over-clocking.