diff --git a/script.bash b/script.bash
index 9801cde..35cdf3f 100644
--- a/script.bash
+++ b/script.bash
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# this is the main script template 
+# this is the main script template
 
-set -eo pipefail
+set -eo pipefail #these can cause problems when you want stuff to keep going
 
 if [[ -n "${BASHD_DEBUG}" ]]; then # a inevitability that this will be used
     set -x
@@ -23,10 +23,4 @@ source ./config_json.bash # can be json or ini, I preffer json
 
 # Code goes here
 
-eval "echo "Hello World""
-eval "moo"
-eval "echo "cow""
-#runcmd 'false'
-#runcmd 'echo "moo"'
-
 
diff --git a/sys.bash b/sys.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9d18dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+# a bash file that can provide various bits of info about the system
+
+function cpuinfo() {
+    
+    # now lets extract the number of core and the architecture
+    num_cores=$(lscpu | grep -E "^CPU\(s\):" | awk '{print $2}')
+    architecture=$(lscpu | grep -E "^Architecture:" | awk '{print $2}')
+    # get cpu usage
+    cpu_usage=$(grep 'cpu ' /proc/stat | awk '{usage=($2+$4)*100/($2+$4+$5)} END {print usage "%"}')
+
+    echo "$num_cores cores, $architecture architecture, CPU usage: $cpu_usage"
+}
+
+function meminfo() {
+    echo "Memory:"
+    # We will get to this later
+    #total=$(free -h| grep ) #| grep -E "Mem|Swap"
+}
+
+function diskinfo() {
+    echo "Disk:"
+    # We will get to this later 
+}
+
+function networkinfo() {
+    echo "Network:"
+    # We will get to this later
+    
+}
+
+# This seems to be a good layout for sys.bash for now
+
+cpuinfo
+meminfo
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