ACPI(1) General Commands Manual

ACPI(1)

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 infor
mation.

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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