#!/bin/bash listBacklight=`ls /sys/class/backlight` if [ $# -gt 1 ] ; then echo "light2 [VALUE]" exit fi if [ -z "$1" ] ; then val=150 else val="$1" fi right="sudo" for r in `groups`; do if [ $r == "video" ] ; then right="" fi done if [ -n right ] ; then echo 'To not use sudo, add yourself to the group "video"' fi if [ -n "$listBacklight" ] ; then for backlight in "$listBacklight" do echo "${val}" | $right tee "/sys/class/backlight/${backlight}/brightness" 2>&1 /dev/null done else echo 'No backlight detected' fi