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acpi

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 information.

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.

																	   ACPI(1)