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BACKLIGHT(8)		    System Manager's Manual		  BACKLIGHT(8)

NAME
       backlight -- configure backlight	hardware

SYNOPSIS
       backlight [-q] [-f device]
       backlight [-q] [-f device] -i
       backlight [-f device] value
       backlight [-f device] incr|+ [value]
       backlight [-f device] decr|- [value]

DESCRIPTION
       The  backlight  utility	can be used to configure brightness levels for
       registered backlights.

       Called without any arguments it will print the current brightness level
       of the first registered backlight.

       The options are as follows:

       -f device  Device    to	  operate    on.     If	    not	    specified,
		  /dev/backlight/backlight0  is	 used.	If an unqualified name
		  is provided, /dev/backlight/ is automatically	prepended.

       -i	  Query	information about the backlight	(name, type).

       -q	  When querying	the brightness level only print	the value.

       value	  Set the brightness level to this value, must	be  between  0
		  and 100.  A trailing "%" is valid.

       incr|+ [value]
		  Decrement  the  backlight level.  If no value	is specified a
		  default of 10	percent	is used.

       decr|- [value]
		  Increment the	backlight level.  If no	value is  specified  a
		  default of 10	percent	is used.

EXAMPLES
       Show the	current	brightness level:

	     $ backlight -f /dev/backlight/backlight0
	     brightness: 98

SEE ALSO
       backlight(9)

HISTORY
       The backlight utility appeared in FreeBSD 13.0.

AUTHORS
       The  backlight  utility	and  this manual page were written by Emmanuel
       Vadot <manu@FreeBSD.org>.

FreeBSD	13.2			 July 19, 2022			  BACKLIGHT(8)

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