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23.\" $FreeBSD$
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25.Dd March 03, 2021
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 i
35.Op Fl q
36.Op Ar value
37.Nm
38.Op Fl f Ar device
39.Cm incr Ns | Ns Cm +
40.Op Ar value
41.Nm
42.Op Fl f Ar device
43.Cm decr Ns | Ns Cm -
44.Op Ar value
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48utility can be used to configure brightness levels for registered backlights.
49.Pp
50Called without any arguments it will print the current brightness level
51of the first registered backlight.
52.Pp
53The options are as follows:
54.Bl -tag -width "-f device"
55.It Fl f Ar device
56Device to operate on.
57If not specified,
58.Pa /dev/backlight/backlight0
59is used.
60If an unqualified name is provided,
61.Pa /dev/backlight
62is automatically prepended.
63.It Fl i
64Query information about the backlight (name, type).
65.It Fl q
66When querying the brightness level only print the value.
67.It Ar value
68Set the brightness level to this value, must be between 0 and 100.
69A trailing
70.Dq %
71is valid.
72.It Cm incr Ns | Ns Cm + Op Ar value
73Decrement the backlight level.
74If no value is specified a default of 10 percent is used.
75.It Cm decr Ns | Ns Cm - Op Ar value
76Increment the backlight level.
77If no value is specified a default of 10 percent is used.
78.El
79.Sh EXAMPLES
80Show the current brightness level
81.Bd -literal -offset indent
82backlight -f /dev/backlight/backlight0
83.Ed
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr backlight 9
86.Sh HISTORY
87The
88.Nm
89utility appeared in
90.Fx 13.0 .
91.Sh AUTHORS
92.An -nosplit
93The
94.Nm
95utility and this manual page were written by
96.An Emmanuel Vadot Aq Mt manu@FreeBSD.org .
97