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Turn Mac Book Pro backlit keyboard on and off under linux
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back lit keyboard linux
# First su in as root
sudo su
# Then cd to backlight directory
cd /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/
# Turn the backlight on
cat max_brightness > brightness
# Set to zero to turn off the backlight
echo 0 > brightness
@JohnSeals
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Works perfect on my old MacBook Pro!

@TheOnly3aq
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Works perfectly on my 2017 MacBook Pro running Kali Linux, thanks!

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