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light — Control the backlight of your screen. More information: <https://manned.org/light>.

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Problem

How to use the light command: Control the backlight of your screen. More information: <https://manned.org/light>.

Solution

light — Control the backlight of your screen. More information: <https://manned.org/light>.

Get the current backlight value in percent:
light


Set the backlight value to 50 percent:
light -S {{50}}


Reduce 20 percent from the current backlight value:
light -U {{20}}


Add 20 percent to the current backlight value:
light -A {{20}}

Code Snippets

Get the current backlight value in percent

light

Set the backlight value to 50 percent

light -S {{50}}

Reduce 20 percent from the current backlight value

light -U {{20}}

Add 20 percent to the current backlight value

light -A {{20}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/light

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