.TH POWERTOP 8 "Sep 2, 2009" "Linux" "powertop manual"
.SH NAME
powertop \- program to analyze power consumption on Intel-based laptops
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B powertop
.RB [ \-d ]
.RB [ \-t
.IR DOUBLE
.RB ]
.RB [ \-p ]
.RB [ \-h ]
.RB [ \-v ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.Pp
\fBpowertop\fP is a program that shows the power consumption on Intel-based
laptops and makes suggestions on how to extend battery lifetime.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-dump
 read wakeups once and print list of top offenders.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-time\fR=\fIDOUBLE\fR
 default time to gather data in seconds.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pids
 show pids in wakeups list.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help
 show the help message.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version
 show version information and exit.
.SH BUGS
Send bug reports to <power@bughost.org>
.SH SEE ALSO
The program is more fully described at http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/
.SH AUTHOR
powertop was written by Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>, and is maintained by Auke Kok <auke@linux.intel.com>.