tlp-stat8
View power saving status
Usage
tlp-stat [options]
[--
CONFIG_PARAM=value ...]
Overview
View configuration, system information, kernel power saving tunables and battery data. Invocation without options shows all information categories.
Options
System Operation
-
-s, --system -
View system information and TLP status.
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-m, --mode -
Print currently active TLP profile.
Configuration
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-c, --config -
View active configuration.
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--cdiff -
View the difference between defaults and user configuration.
- -- CONFIG_PARAM=value ...
-
Append configuration parameters to a command. These temporarily override the system configuration during execution of that command only and are not kept afterwards. Disclaimer: this feature exists for the sole purpose of test automation during TLP's development. It is provided as is and there is no support whatsoever.
Power Saving
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-d, --disk -
View disk device tunables.
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-e, --pcie -
View PCIe device tunables. Add
-vto see device runtime status.
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-g, --graphics -
View graphics card tunables. Add
-vto see power state and clocks of AMD GPUs.
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-p, --processor -
View processor tunables. For clarity the standard output shows only cpu0. Add
-vto see all cpus. Add-qto see cpu driver state only.
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-r, --rfkill -
View radio device states and tunables. Add
-vto see NetworkManager and rfkill details.
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-u, --usb -
View USB device tunables. Add
-vto see device runtime status.
Battery Care
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-b, --battery -
View battery data and battery care features supported by your hardware. Add
-vto see battery voltages (if available).
Information
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-q, --quiet -
Omit version header and show less information in the processor category.
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-t, --temp -
View temperatures and fan speed. Add
-vto see all individual sensors.
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-v, --verbose -
Show more information in the battery, graphics, PCIe, processor, temperature, wireless and USB categories.
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--version -
Print TLP version.
Diagnostics and Debugging
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--pd-diag -
View tlp-pd diagnostics.
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-P, --pev -
Monitor power supply udev events.
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--psup -
View power supply diagnostics.
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-T, --trace -
View trace output for tlp and tlp-pd.
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--trace-nm -
View trace output correlated with NetworkManager journal.
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--udev -
Check if udev rules for power source changes and connecting USB devices are active.
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-w, --warn -
View warnings about SATA disks.
Authorization
Many (but not all) tlp-stat commands require root privileges.
Files
/etc/tlp.conf
System-wide user configuration file, uncomment parameters here to override default settings and customization files below.
/etc/tlp.d/*.conf
System-wide drop-in customization files, overriding defaults below.
/usr/share/tlp/defaults.conf
Intrinsic default settings. DO NOT EDIT this file, instead use one of the above alternatives.
/run/tlp/run.conf
Effective settings consolidated from all above files. DO NOT CHANGE this file, it is for reference only and regenerated on every invocation of TLP.
Releases
6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.
--cdiff since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--graphics since Debian 10 (Buster);
--mode since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--pd-diag since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--psup since Debian 10 (Buster);
--quiet since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--trace-nm since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--udev since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--version since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-g since Debian 10 (Buster);
-m since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-q since Debian 13 (Trixie).