NAME¶

acpi - Shows battery status and other ACPI information

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

-r | --remaining-time

show remaining time of (dis)charge

-e | --end-time

show end time of (dis)charge

-F | --format-time

chose the format for the end time of (dis)charge, using the syntax of strftime(3)

-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.