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.\" Copyright 1999 Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
.\" Copyright (C) 2007 Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
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.TH sensors 1  "August 2007" "lm-sensors 3" "Linux User's Manual"
.SH NAME
sensors \- print sensors information
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sensors [
.I options
.B ] [
.I chips
.B ]
.br
.B sensors -s [
.I options
.B ] [
.I chips
.B ]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B sensors
is used to show the current readings of all sensor chips.
.br
.B sensors -s
is used to set all limits as specified in the configuration file.

.SH OPTIONS
.IP "-c config-file"
Specify a configuration file. If no file is specified, `/etc/sensors.conf'
is used. Use `-c /dev/null' to temporarily disable this default configuration
file.
.IP -h
Print a help text and exit.
.IP -s
Evaluate all `set' statements in the configuration file and exit. You must
be `root' to do this. If this parameter is not specified, no `set' statement
is evaluated.
.IP -A
Do not show the adapter for each chip.
.IP -u
Raw output. This mode is only meant for debugging.
.IP -v
Print the program version and exit.
.IP -f
Print the temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit instead of Celsius.
.SH FILES
.I /etc/sensors.conf
.RS
The system wide configuration file. See
.BR sensors.conf (5)
for further details.
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
sensors.conf(5)

.SH AUTHOR
Frodo Looijaard and the lm_sensors group
http://www.lm-sensors.org/