# System Automation Patterns > **Status**: 🚧 Placeholder - Content in development ## Overview Patterns for system administration, monitoring, and automation using psutil, subprocess, and system libraries in UV single-file scripts. ## Topics to Cover - [ ] psutil for system monitoring - [ ] subprocess for command execution - [ ] File system operations - [ ] Process management - [ ] SSH remote execution - [ ] Cron/scheduled task integration - [ ] Log file analysis ## Quick Example ```python #!/usr/bin/env -S uv run # /// script # requires-python = ">=3.11" # dependencies = ["psutil>=5.9.0", "rich>=13.0.0"] # /// import psutil from rich.console import Console from rich.table import Table console = Console() def show_disk_usage(): table = Table(title="Disk Usage") table.add_column("Device", style="cyan") table.add_column("Mount", style="magenta") table.add_column("Used", style="yellow") table.add_column("Free", style="green") for partition in psutil.disk_partitions(): usage = psutil.disk_usage(partition.mountpoint) table.add_row( partition.device, partition.mountpoint, f"{usage.percent}%", f"{usage.free / (1024**3):.2f} GB" ) console.print(table) ``` ## TODO This file will be expanded to include: - Complete psutil monitoring patterns - Safe subprocess execution - SSH automation patterns - System health checks - Automated maintenance tasks