tldr/pages/linux/powertop.md

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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}}