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Controlling screen brigthness with ubuntu
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get_current_brightness.sh
xrandr --current --verbose | grep -i "Brightness:*" | grep -io -m 1 [[:digit:]].[[:digit:]]
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godark.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Setting low brightness at night
xrandr --display :0 --output DP-0 --brightness 0.8 --verbose
xrandr --display :0 --output HDMI-0 --brightness 0.8 --verbose
xrandr --display :0 --output VGA-0 --brightness 0.8 --verbose
echo "Set brigthness to 0.8"
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