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get-battery-status.py
#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
# dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.freedesktop.UPower /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:org.freedesktop.UPower.Device string:'Percentage'
import dbus
bus = dbus.SystemBus()
bat0_object = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.UPower',
'/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0')
bat0 = dbus.Interface(bat0_object, 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties')
print bat0.Get("org.freedesktop.UPower.Device", "Percentage")
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just used it. thanks a lot.
also added battery state
print bat0.Get("org.freedesktop.UPower.Device", "State")

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