Getting the Battery Status on Ubuntu 16.04
Here is a simple script that can be used to get the Battery Status on laptop running ubuntu.
#!/bin/bash
upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
Just save the above into your /home/[user]/bin/ folder. I used BatteryStatus as the name, but any name would work. Run chmod +x BatteryStatus. And now you can just open a terminal window and type in BatteryStatus (or whatever name you gave the file) to get some details about the battery:
max@E6220:~$ BatteryStatus
native-path: BAT0
vendor: Samsung SDI
model: DELL TVMVN
serial: 6853
power supply: yes
updated: Wed 25 Jan 2017 15:58:53 NZDT (98 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: fully-charged
warning-level: none
energy: 62.16 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 62.16 Wh
energy-full-design: 62.16 Wh
energy-rate: 0.0111 W
voltage: 12.419 V
percentage: 100%
capacity: 65.5536%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charged-symbolic'
max@E6220:~$