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Created December 30, 2015 04:20
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Changes color for ds4 controller lightbar on linux and gives permissions so games can change it too if they support it.
#!/bin/bash
# This isn't really that safe to blindly run,
# as it uses sudo to change system file permissions.
# Hopefully it shouldn't break anything though.
# Usage: ds4led [r value] [g value] [b value]
# or `ds4led orange` to set it to orange.
DS4="0003:054C:05C4.*"
cd /sys/class/leds
FILES=("$DS4:*/brightness")
for FILE in $FILES; do
if [[ $(stat -c "%a" $FILE) != 777 ]]; then
sudo chmod 777 $FILE
fi
done
if [[ $# > 0 ]]; then
if [[ "$1" -eq "orange" ]]; then
echo 150 > $DS4:red/brightness
echo 50 > $DS4:green/brightness
echo 0 > $DS4:blue/brightness
else
echo $1 > $DS4:red/brightness
fi
fi
if [[ $# > 1 ]]; then
echo $2 > $DS4:green/brightness
fi
if [[ $# > 2 ]]; then
echo $3 > $DS4:blue/brightness
fi
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