I know this is an old thread, but I'm replying here because it's the first "open" result on a related Google search.
I wrote a quick script that I'd like to share for quickly parsing the above into a user-readable format
Sample output:
Status: 0x50005
Undervolted:
Now: YES
Run: YES
Throttled:
Now: YES
Run: YES
Frequency Capped:
Now: NO
Run: NO
Script:
#!/bin/bash
#Flag Bits
UNDERVOLTED=0x1
CAPPED=0x2
THROTTLED=0x4
HAS_UNDERVOLTED=0x10000
HAS_CAPPED=0x20000
HAS_THROTTLED=0x40000
#Text Colors
GREEN=`tput setaf 2`
RED=`tput setaf 1`
NC=`tput sgr0`
#Output Strings
GOOD="${GREEN}NO${NC}"
BAD="${RED}YES${NC}"
#Get Status, extract hex
STATUS=$(vcgencmd get_throttled)
STATUS=${STATUS#*=}
echo -n "Status: "
(($STATUS!=0)) && echo "${RED}${STATUS}${NC}" || echo "${GREEN}${STATUS}${NC}"
echo "Undervolted:"
echo -n " Now: "
((($STATUS&UNDERVOLTED)!=0)) && echo "${BAD}" || echo "${GOOD}"
echo -n " Run: "
((($STATUS&HAS_UNDERVOLTED)!=0)) && echo "${BAD}" || echo "${GOOD}"
echo "Throttled:"
echo -n " Now: "
((($STATUS&THROTTLED)!=0)) && echo "${BAD}" || echo "${GOOD}"
echo -n " Run: "
((($STATUS&HAS_THROTTLED)!=0)) && echo "${BAD}" || echo "${GOOD}"
echo "Frequency Capped:"
echo -n " Now: "
((($STATUS&CAPPED)!=0)) && echo "${BAD}" || echo "${GOOD}"
echo -n " Run: "
((($STATUS&HAS_CAPPED)!=0)) && echo "${BAD}" || echo "${GOOD}"
