battery level from command line

Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 15 02:07:00 UTC 2008


On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:57:30 -0500, Dennis Gilmore wrote:

> On Friday 14 March 2008, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> On my FC8 laptop, is there a way to determine the battery level from
>> the command line, without a GUI?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike.
> 
> cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT*/state
> 
> Dennis

Looks good.  How do I know the full mAh?  I guess I'll
just wait and see.

# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
present:                 yes
capacity state:          ok
charging state:          charging
present rate:            unknown
remaining capacity:      3040 mAh
present voltage:         12483 mV




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