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laptop-detect

The command line tool "laptop-detect" is a utility designed to provide information about the hardware capabilities of a laptop. It is commonly used in Linux distributions to detect if a particular system is a laptop or a desktop. The tool examines various hardware components, such as battery, ACPI, and keyboard, to identify if the system is a laptop. It utilizes system interfaces like sysfs, acpi, and udev to gather information. "laptop-detect" can play a vital role in determining the system's capabilities, allowing users or system administrators to configure settings specific to laptops. The output of this tool can be used for power management, hardware compatibility checks, and various other system configurations. Overall, "laptop-detect" is a helpful command line tool for identifying and utilizing laptop-specific features in Linux distributions.

List of commands for laptop-detect:

  • laptop-detect:tldr:2ee4a laptop-detect: Return an exit status of 0 if the current device is likely a laptop, else returns 1.
    $ laptop-detect
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  • laptop-detect:tldr:47c09 laptop-detect: Display the version.
    $ laptop-detect --version
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  • laptop-detect:tldr:f7ff7 laptop-detect: Print the type of device that the current system is detected as.
    $ laptop-detect --verbose
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