light - GNU/Linux application to control backlights

[elixir]

light is a super lightweight application that allows you to control your screen brightness. Changing your brightness is as simple as:

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light -S 30

Also, just type the command

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light

to see what your current brightness is at.


Here is the github for it: https://github.com/haikarainen/light

The creators also zipped light as a .deb file which can be found on the github page.

Arguments:

-G: Which reads/gets brightness/data from controllers/files
-S: Which writes/sets brightness/data to controllers/files
-A: Which does like -S but instead adds the value
-U: Which does like -S but instead 'subtracts the value
-O: Save the current brightness for later use (usually used on shutdown)
-I: Restore the previously saved brightness (usually used on boot)
-L: List the available controllers

[rhowaldt]

dependencies or it didnt happen ;)

looks very cool eli! thanks :)

[Dr_Chroot]

^ I pulled in no deps, just cloned the repo and it worked splendidly.

Thanks elixir! I haven't thought of trying something to control the backlight, as I usually work on my ThinkPad in the same environment/lighting. It works wonders, though. I didn't realize how dark it really was :D

[stark]

Very Nice! Thanks for sharing elixir :)