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+# Pulls statistics from nvidia GPUs attached to the host
+[[inputs.nvidia_smi]]
+## Optional: path to nvidia-smi binary, defaults to $PATH via exec.LookPath
+# bin_path = "/usr/bin/nvidia-smi"
+
+## Optional: timeout for GPU polling
+# timeout = "5s"
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