https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/README.md After Linux has booted, you can view the current active settings using the following commands: vcgencmd get_config : this displays a specific config value, e.g. vcgencmd get_config arm_freq. vcgencmd get_config int: this lists all the integer config options that are set (non-zero). vcgencmd get_config str: this lists all the string config options that are set (non-null). Note that there are a few config settings that cannot be retrieved using vcgencmd. see http://elinux.org/RPiconfig