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battop

Interactive battery monitor

TLDR

Display battery information

$ battop
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Change measurement unit
$ battop -u human
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Use SI units
$ battop -u si
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SYNOPSIS

battop [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

battop is an interactive viewer for laptop batteries. It displays real-time information about battery status, charge level, capacity, and power consumption in a terminal interface.

PARAMETERS

-u, --unit unit

Set measurement unit (human or si)
The human unit shows values in human-readable format, while si uses standard SI units.

CAVEATS

Requires access to battery information in /sys/class/power_supply. Only works on systems with batteries (laptops, tablets). Information accuracy depends on battery hardware reporting.

HISTORY

battop is written in Rust and provides a modern battery monitoring interface.

SEE ALSO

acpi(1), upower(1)

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