battery level from command line

Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 15 02:29:36 UTC 2008


On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:15:00 -0500, Dennis Gilmore wrote:

[...]
>> >
>> > 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
> 
> cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT*/info
> 
> Dennis

Interesting.  But it still begs the question of how it
decided that the "last full capacity" was in fact a
full capacity.

# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
present:                 yes
design capacity:         6000 mAh
last full capacity:      4032 mAh
battery technology:      rechargeable
design voltage:          14800 mV
design capacity warning: 207 mAh
design capacity low:     125 mAh
capacity granularity 1:  10 mAh
capacity granularity 2:  25 mAh
model number:            Primary
serial number:
battery type:            LION
OEM info:                Hewlett-Packard

Mike.




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