acpi Linux Service, acpi Manual, Services Command Description, Tutorial

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What is acpi?
acpi Linux service

Explanation

acpi service:
acpi service is used for Power Management. ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. It is specified for laptop battery fan monitor.

Required(ON/OFF):      View complete List of Services
Home PC : NO
Server  : NO

Now lets see the manual of acpi service.

Manual acpi:
NAME
acpi - Shows battery status information

SYNOPSIS
acpi [options]

DESCRIPTION
acpi Shows information from the /proc filesystem, such as battery status or thermal information.
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

OPTIONS
-b | --battery
show battery information

-B | --without-battery
suppress battery information

-t | --thermal
show thermal information

-T | --without-thermal
suppress thermal information

-a | --ac-adapter
show ac adapter information

-A | --without-ac-adapter
suppress ac-adapter information

-V | --everything
show every device, overrides above options

-s | --show-empty
show non-operational devices

-S | --hide-empty
hide non-operational devices

-c | --celcius
use celcius as the temperature unit

-f | --fahrenheit
use fahrenheit as the temperature unit

-k | --kelvin
use kelvin as the temperature unit

-d | --directory <dir>
path to ACPI info (/proc/acpi)

-h | --help
display help and exit

-v | --version
output version information and exit