1.\" Copyright (c) 2020 Emmanuel Vadot <manu@freebsd.org> 2.\" 3.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 4.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 5.\" are met: 6.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 7.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 8.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 10.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 11.\" 12.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 13.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 14.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 15.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 16.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 17.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 18.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 19.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 20.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 21.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 22.\" 23.\" $FreeBSD$ 24.\" 25.Dd October 02, 2020 26.Dt BACKLIGHT 8 27.Os 28.Sh NAME 29.Nm backlight 30.Nd configure backlight hardware 31.Sh SYNOPSIS 32.Nm 33.Op Fl f Ar device 34.Op Fl q 35.Op Fl i 36.Op Ar value 37.Nm 38.Op Fl f Ar device 39incr | + 40.Op Ar value 41.Nm 42.Op Fl f Ar device 43decr | - 44.Op Ar value 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46The 47.Nm 48utility can be used to configure brightness levels for registered backlights 49.Pp 50The options are as follows: 51.Bl -tag -width "-f device" 52.It Fl f Ar device 53Device to operate on. 54If not specified, 55.Pa /dev/backlight/backlight0 56is used. 57If an unqualified name is provided, 58.Pa /dev/backlight 59is automatically prepended. 60.It Fl q 61When querying the brightness level only print the value. 62.It Fl i 63Query information about the backlight (name, type). 64.It Ar value 65Set the brightness level to this value, must be between 0 and 100. 66.It Ar incr | + 67.Op Ar value 68Decrement the backlight level. 69If no value is specified a default of 10 percent is used. 70.It Ar decr | - 71.Op Ar value 72Increment the backlight level. 73If no value is specified a default of 10 percent is used. 74.El 75.Sh EXAMPLES 76.Bl -bullet 77.It 78Show the current brightness level 79.Bd -literal 80backlight -f /dev/backlight/backlight0 81.Ed 82.El 83.Sh SEE ALSO 84.Xr backlight 9 85.Sh HISTORY 86The 87.Nm 88utility appeared in 89.Fx 13.0 . 90.Sh AUTHORS 91.An -nosplit 92The 93.Nm 94utility and this manual page were written by 95.An Emmanuel Vadot Aq Mt manu@FreeBSD.org . 96