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powertop

Optimize battery power usage. More information: https://github.com/fenrus75/powertop.
  • Calibrate power usage measurements:
    sudo powertop --calibrate
  • Generate HTML power usage report in the current directory:
    sudo powertop --html={{power_report.html}}
  • Tune to optimal settings:
    sudo powertop --auto-tune
  • Generate a report for a specified number of seconds (instead of 20 by default):
    sudo powertop --time={{5}}

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