---
name: "acpitail"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "acpitail"
version: "0.1-5"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/acpitail"
---

# acpitail(1)

Show ACPI information in a tail-like style

## NAME

acpitail - Show ACPI information in a tail-like style

## SYNOPSIS

**acpitail** \[OPTION\]...

## DESCRIPTION

**acpitail** shows ACPI status information about battery, fan and temperature in a tail-like manner. As soon as a value changes, the new value gets appended to the current output.

## OPTIONS

- **-A *x***

  set update interval for AC state information to *x* seconds (default: 300)

- **-B *x***

  set update interval for battery information to *x* seconds  (default: 15)

- **-F *x***

  set update interval for fan information to *x* seconds  (default: 5)

- **-Z *x***

  set update interval for zone information to *x* seconds (default: 5)

- **-h**

  show help

- **-V**

  show version information

## AUTHORS

acpitail is developed by Folkert van Heusden \<folkert@vanheusden.com\>. This manual page was written by Tobias Klauser \<tklauser@distanz.ch\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

## SEE ALSO

**[libacpi(3)](/libacpi/3.md),** **[yacpi(1)](/yacpi/1.md)**