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SCT(1)			     General Commands Manual			  SCT(1)

NAME
     sct -- screen temperature control

SYNOPSIS
     sct [temperature]

DESCRIPTION
     This utility can be used to change the screen temperature.

     A	valid  temperature  value is between 1000 and 10000.  If the temperature
     argument is not provided or its value is invalid then the	screen	tempera-
     ture is set to the default value of 6500.

EXAMPLES
     Campfire:
	   sct 4500

     Dust storm on Mars:
	   sct 2000

     Coffee-free all nighter:
	   sct 8000

DIAGNOSTICS
     Failed to get screen resources
     Usually those messages mean that sct cannot connect to the X(7) server.

     Failed to open X display %s
     See Failed to get screen resources.

SEE ALSO
     redshift(1), xrandr(1)

     The     original	  blog	   post    about    sct    by	 Ted	Unangst:
     https://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/sct-set-color-temperature

HISTORY
     The sct utility was written by Ted Unangst <tedu@OpenBSD.org>.

AUTHORS
     This manual page was written by Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  July 31, 2018 			  SCT(1)

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