vcgencmd

Print system information for a Raspberry Pi. More information: <https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/computers/os.html#vcgencmd>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/vcgencmd.sh
Raspbian
apt-get install libraspberrypi-bin
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/vcgencmd

Print system information for a Raspberry Pi. More information: <https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/computers/os.html#vcgencmd>.

  • List all available commands:
    vcgencmd commands
  • Print the current CPU temperature:
    vcgencmd measure_temp
  • Print the current voltage:
    vcgencmd measure_volts
  • Print the throttled state of the system as a bit pattern:
    vcgencmd get_throttled
  • Print the bootloader config (only available on Raspberry Pi 4 models):
    vcgencmd bootloader_config
  • Display Help:
    vcgencmd --help

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