tldr/pages/linux/powertop.md

# 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}}`
powertop: add page (#3882) Co-authored-by: Zlatan Vasović <zlatanvasovic@gmail.com> 2020-02-28 08:32:56 -05:00			`# powertop`

			`> Optimize battery power usage.`
powertop: add more information link (#7345) 2021-11-02 22:47:21 +05:30			`> More information: <https://github.com/fenrus75/powertop>.`
powertop: add page (#3882) Co-authored-by: Zlatan Vasović <zlatanvasovic@gmail.com> 2020-02-28 08:32:56 -05:00
			`- 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`
powertop: add `--time` example (#10601) Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> 2023-08-17 18:44:15 +03:00
			`- Generate a report for a specified number of seconds (instead of 20 by default):`

			`sudo powertop --time={{5}}`