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upower — System utility to provide power and battery information and statistics. More information: <https://u

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Problem

How to use the upower command: System utility to provide power and battery information and statistics. More information: <https://upower.freedesktop.org/docs/upower.1.html>.

Solution

upower — System utility to provide power and battery information and statistics. More information: <https://upower.freedesktop.org/docs/upower.1.html>.

Display power and battery information:

upower {{[-d|--dump]}}

List all power devices:

upower {{[-e|--enumerate]}}

Watch for and print power status changes:

upower {{[-m|--monitor]}}

Watch for and print detailed power status changes:

upower --monitor-detail

Display version:

upower {{[-v|--version]}}

Code Snippets

Display power and battery information

upower {{[-d|--dump]}}

List all power devices

upower {{[-e|--enumerate]}}

Watch for and print power status changes

upower {{[-m|--monitor]}}

Watch for and print detailed power status changes

upower --monitor-detail

Display version

upower {{[-v|--version]}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/upower

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