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# powermetrics
> Gather and display CPU usage, power, and interrupt wakeup statistics.
> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/powermetrics.1.html>.
- Display CPU, power, and wakeup metrics using the default 5-second sample interval:
`sudo powermetrics`
- Sample metrics every 2000 milliseconds taking 10 samples then exit:
`sudo powermetrics {{[-i|--sample-rate]}} 2000 {{[-n|--sample-count]}} 10`
- Save output to a file instead of `stdout`:
`sudo powermetrics {{[-o|--output-file]}} {{path/to/output.txt}}`
- Order the process list by the specified method (default: `composite`):
`sudo powermetrics {{[-r|--order]}} {{pid|wakeups|cputime|composite}}`
- Display output in machine-readable property list format and print a usage summary on exit:
`sudo powermetrics {{[-f|--format]}} plist --show-usage-summary`