upower(1)

upower1

Upower command line tool

Usage

upower [--battery] [--dump] [--enumerate] [--monitor-detail] [--monitor] [--show-info] [--version] [--help]

Overview

upower is a simple command line client for the UPower(7) daemon.

Options

-b, --battery

Dump all parameters for battery devices.

-d, --dump

Dump all parameters for all devices.

-e, --enumerate

Enumerate the object paths of all devices on the system.

-m, --monitor

Connect to the UPower daemon and print a line every time a power source is added, removed or changed.

--monitor-detail

Like --monitor but prints the full details of the power source whenever an event happens.

-i, --show-info OBJECT_PATH

Show information about the given device.

-v, --version

Print version information for the client and daemon.

-h, --help

Show help options.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9–11
  5. 12–13
  6. Arch

--battery since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --dump since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --enumerate since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --show-info since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -b since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -d since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -e since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -h since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -i since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -m since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -v since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

Author

Written by David Zeuthen <[email protected]> with a lot of help from many others.

Bugs

Please send bug reports to either the distribution or the DeviceKit mailing list, see http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/devkit-devel on how to subscribe.

From upower 1.91.5-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.