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upower

Query system power and battery information

TLDR

TLDR

Display power information

$ upower -d
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List power devices
$ upower -e
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Monitor power changes
$ upower -m
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Monitor with detail
$ upower --monitor-detail
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Display version
$ upower -v
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SYNOPSIS

upower [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

upower is a system utility that provides power and battery information and statistics. It interfaces with the UPower daemon to report battery levels, power source status, and other power-related information.
The tool is commonly used to monitor laptop battery status and power management events.

PARAMETERS

-d, --dump

Display all power and battery information
-e, --enumerate
List all power devices
-m, --monitor
Watch for power status changes
--monitor-detail
Watch with detailed output
-i DEVICE
Show information about specific device
-v, --version
Display version information

CAVEATS

Requires UPower daemon running. Available information depends on hardware support. Some features require DBus.

SEE ALSO

acpi(1), tlp-stat(1)

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