LinuxCommandLibrary

laptop-detect

attempt to detect a laptop

TLDR

Return an exit status of 0 if the current device is likely a laptop, else returns 1

$ laptop-detect
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Print the type of device that the current system is detected as
$ laptop-detect --verbose
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Display the version
$ laptop-detect --version
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SYNOPSIS

laptop-detect [-h|--help|-v|--verbose|-V|--version]

DESCRIPTION

Laptop-detect attempts to determine whether it is being run on a laptop or a desktop and appraises its caller of this.

OPTIONS

-h --help
Output help information and exit.
-v --verbose
be verbose (messages go to STDOUT)
-V --version
Output version information and exit.

EXIT STATUS

0 most likely running on a laptop 1 most likely NOT running on a laptop 2 usage error (arguments supplied) 

FILES

/proc/acpi/battery /proc/pmu/info

AUTHORS

Franklin PIAT <fpiat@bigfoot.com>

SEE ALSO

dmidecode(8)

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