To read the current power consumption on my system76 laptop, there is currently no file called /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power_now. To read the consumption on the battery, use the following instead: $ cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/current_now /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/voltage_now \ | xargs \ | awk '{print $1*$2/1e12}' Remarks: - Will print the current power consumption in Watts - Will not work when battery is not used (when on AC)