powerstat:tldr:79463

The command "powerstat -R ${interval} ${number_of_samples}" is used to measure power consumption statistics on a Unix-based system.

Here's what each component of the command represents:

• "powerstat": This is the command itself. It is used to initiate the power consumption monitoring process.

• "-R": This option is followed by two additional arguments, ${interval} and ${number_of_samples}, which specify the interval between each power consumption measurement and the total number of measurements to be taken, respectively.

• "${interval}": This is a placeholder that should be replaced with the desired time interval between each measurement. For example, if you want to measure power consumption every second, you would replace "${interval}" with "1s". Here, "s" denotes seconds, but you can also use other units like "m" (minutes), "h" (hours), etc.

• "${number_of_samples}": This is a placeholder that should be replaced with the desired number of power consumption measurements to be taken. For instance, if you want to take 10 measurements, you would replace "${number_of_samples}" with "10".

By executing this command with the appropriate arguments, the powerstat tool will monitor the power consumption of the system at a specific interval for a specific number of times.