powertop:tldr:fa19b

powertop: Generate HTML power usage report in the current directory.

powertop

$ sudo powertop --html=${power_report-html}

try on your machine

This command is written in the Linux terminal and has the following components:

sudo: It is a command that stands for "Super User Do" and allows a user with administrative privileges to execute a command as another user, typically the root user. In this case, it is used to grant elevated privileges to the powertop command.
powertop: It is a command-line utility for Linux that provides insights and information about power consumption and power management of various hardware components on a system.
--html=${power_report-html}: This is an option passed to the powertop command. In this case, it specifies that the output generated by powertop should be in HTML format. It also includes a variable ${power_report-html} that is used to specify the filename or path for the HTML report generated by powertop.

Overall, the command sudo powertop --html=${power_report-html} runs the powertop command with elevated privileges, instructing it to generate an HTML report of power usage and management, and save it with the filename or path specified by the ${power_report-html} variable.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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