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.Dd $Mdocdate: November 17 2022 $
.Dt LUX 1
.Os Linux
.Sh NAME
.Nm lux
.Nd query and modify display brightness
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl gGm
.Op Fl dDiIsS Ar val
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility allows you to get display brightness information as well as set it.
When invoked without any arguments,
.Nm
will print the current brightness level as a percentage
.Po
.Dq 45.000000
means that the current brightness level is 45%
.Pc .
.Pp
All flags besides the
.Fl m
flag have both lowercase and uppercase variants.
The lowercase variants operate in terms of brightness units in the range of
.Bq 0, MAX
where MAX is a system dependent maximum obtainable with the
.Fl m
flag.
The uppercase variants operate in terms of percentages without a percent symbol
.Pq Sq %
as a suffix.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d Ar val , Fl Fl decrease Ns = Ns Ar val
Decrease the current display brightness by
.Ar val
brightness units.
.It Fl D Ar val , Fl Fl decrease-percent Ns = Ns Ar val
Decrease the current display brightness by
.Ar val
percent.
.It Fl g , Fl Fl get
Print the current display brightness in brightness units.
.It Fl G , Fl Fl get-percent
Print the current display brightness as a percentage.
.It Fl i Ar val , Fl Fl increase Ns = Ns Ar val
Increase the current display brightness by
.Ar val
brightness units.
.It Fl I Ar val , Fl Fl increase-percent Ns = Ns Ar val
Increase the current display brightness by
.Ar val
percent.
.It Fl m , Fl Fl max
Print the maximum display brightness in brightness units.
.It Fl s Ar val , Fl Fl set Ns = Ns Ar val
Set the current display brightness to
.Ar val
brightness units.
.It Fl S Ar val , Fl Fl set-percent Ns = Ns Ar val
Set the current display brightness to
.Ar val
percent.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Sh EXAMPLES
Get the current display brightness as a percentage:
.Pp
.Dl $ lux
.Pp
Increase the current display brightness by 15% and then print out the new
brightness level as a percentage:
.Pp
.Dl $ lux -I 15 -G
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr lux.h 3head
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Thomas Voss Aq Mt mail@thomasvoss.com