---
name: "ibam"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ibam"
version: "1:0.5.2-2.1+b2"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ibam"
---

# ibam(1)

the Intelligent Battery Monitor

## NAME

IBAM - the Intelligent Battery Monitor

## SYNOPSIS

**ibam** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

IBAM-0.3, the Intelligent Battery Monitor\
 (C) 2001-2004 Sebastian Ritterbusch

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  displays help message

- **-v**, **--version**

  displays software version

- **-b**, **--bios**

  show bios apm guesses

- **-s**, **--seconds**

  displays times in seconds

- **-c**, **--correctseconds**

  displays changes in seconds

- **-r**, **--readonly**

  no files will be updated

- **-a**, **--all**

  show ALL information

- **--battery**

  show battery time

- **--batteryadaptive**

  show adaptive battery time

- **--batterybios**

  show bios battery time guess

- **--percentbattery**

  show battery percentage

- **--percentbios**

  show bios percentage

- **--charge**

  show charge time

- **--chargeadaptive**

  show adaptive charge time

- **--percentcharge**

  show charge percentage

- **--totalbattery**

  show total battery time

**--totalbatteryadaptive** show adaptive total battery

- **--totalcharge**

  show total charge time

- **--totalchargeadaptive**

  show adaptive total charge

- **--plot\[=profiles\]**

  use gnuplot to plot battery and charge graphs  and plot the last \<profiles\> additional profiles

- **--plotderivations**

  same as above plus standard deviations

- **--plotdeviations**

  same as above plus standard deviations

- **--import**

  import V0.1 data from current directory

- **--profile**

  enable additional yet unused profiling

- **--noprofile**

  disable additional profiling

- **--credits**

  to everyone contributing to ibam

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Martin Wuertele \<martin@wuertele.net\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).