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acpi

Shows battery status or thermal information.

TLDR

Show battery information

$ acpi
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Show thermal information
$ acpi -t
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Show cooling device information
$ acpi -c
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Show thermal information in Fahrenheit
$ acpi -tf
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Show all information
$ acpi -V
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Extract information from /proc instead of /sys
$ acpi -p
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SYNOPSIS

acpi [options]

DESCRIPTION

acpi Shows information from the /proc or the /sys filesystem, such as battery status or thermal information.

OPTIONS

-b | --battery

show battery information

-a | --ac-adapter

show ac adapter information

-t | --thermal

show thermal information

-c | --cooling

show cooling device information

-V | --everything

show every device, overrides above options

-s | --show-empty

show non-operational devices

-i | --details

show additional details if available:

* battery capacity information

* temperature trip points

-f | --fahrenheit

use fahrenheit as the temperature unit instead of default celsius

-k | --kelvin

use kelvin as the temperature unit instead of default celsius

-p | --proc

use the old /proc interface, default is the new /sys one

-d | --directory <dir>

path to ACPI info (either /proc/acpi or /sys/class)

-h | --help

display help and exit

-v | --version

output version information and exit

AUTHOR

The original version of this manual page was written by Paul Telford <pxt@debian.org> for the Debian system. Newer additions were done by Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU GPL.

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