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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Plugins.Monitors.Load.Linux
+-- Copyright   :  Finn Lawler
+-- License     :  BSD-style (see LICENSE)
+--
+-- Author      :  Finn Lawler <flawler@cs.tcd.ie>
+-- Maintainer  :  jao <mail@jao.io>
+-- Stability   :  unstable
+-- Portability :  unportable
+--
+-- A load average monitor for Xmobar.  Adapted from
+-- Xmobar.Plugins.Monitors.Thermal by Juraj Hercek.
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Xmobar.Plugins.Monitors.Load.Linux (fetchLoads) where
+
+import Xmobar.Plugins.Monitors.Load.Common (Result(..))
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as B
+import System.Posix.Files (fileExist)
+
+-- | Parses the contents of a loadavg proc file, returning
+-- the list of load averages
+parseLoadAvgs :: B.ByteString -> [Float]
+parseLoadAvgs =
+  map (read . B.unpack) . take 3 . B.words . head . B.lines
+
+fetchLoads :: IO Result
+fetchLoads = do
+  let file = "/proc/loadavg"
+
+  exists <- fileExist file
+  if exists then
+    (do contents <- B.readFile file
+        return $ Result (parseLoadAvgs contents))
+    else
+      return NA