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Script to set/increase/decrease brightness in Ubuntu 17.04
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Script to set/increase/decrease brightness in Ubuntu | |
MAX_BRIGHTNESS=$(cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness); | |
BRIGHTNESS=$(cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness); | |
PCT=$(echo $BRIGHTNESS $MAX_BRIGHTNESS | awk '{printf "%4.0f\n",($1/$2)*100}') | |
if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ] ; then | |
printf "Script must be run as root.\n" && exit; | |
fi | |
if [[ $1 == "-s" ]] || [[ $1 == "--set" ]]; then | |
if [[ $1 -lt 0 ]] || [[ $1 -gt 100 ]]; then | |
printf "Brightness must be between 0 and 100.\n" && exit; | |
fi | |
BRIGHTNESS=$(echo $2 $MAX_BRIGHTNESS | awk '{printf "%4.0f\n",($1/100)*$2}') | |
elif [[ $1 == "-i" ]] || [[ $1 == "--inc" ]]; then | |
BRIGHTNESS=$(echo $PCT $2 $MAX_BRIGHTNESS | \ | |
awk '{printf "%4.0f\n",(($1+$2)/100)*$3}') | |
elif [[ $1 == "-d" ]] || [[ $1 == "--dec" ]]; then | |
BRIGHTNESS=$(echo $PCT $2 $MAX_BRIGHTNESS | \ | |
awk '{printf "%4.0f\n",(($1-$2)/100)*$3}') | |
else | |
printf "Usage: brightness -s 50 # Set brightness at 50%%\n" | |
printf " brightness -i 10 # Increase brightness by 10%%\n" | |
printf " brightness -d 10 # Decrease brightness by 10%%\n" | |
fi | |
# Contstrain brightness to be in the range: | |
if [[ $BRIGHTNESS -gt $MAX_BRIGHTNESS ]]; then | |
BRIGHTNESS=$MAX_BRIGHTNESS | |
elif [[ $BRIGHTNESS -lt 0 ]]; then | |
BRIGHTNESS=0 | |
fi | |
echo $BRIGHTNESS > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness |
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