blight(1)

blight1

Hassle-free cli backlight utility for linux

Usage

blight [options] command [value]

Overview

This manual page documents the blight program.

blight is a hassle-free CLI utility to manage backlight on Linux; one that plays well with hybrid GPU configuration and proprietary drivers.

Flags

-s, --sweep: Lets you increase brightness gradually, resulting in a smooth change. Can only be used with the inc and dec commands.

-d, --device <name>: Lets you specify a backlight device target other than the default one. Can only be used with the inc, dec, set, save and status commands.

Commands

`inc <value> [-s \| --sweep] [-d \| --device <name>]`	Increase brightness by the given value.
`dec <value> [-s \| --sweep] [-d \| --device <name>]`	Decrease brightness by the given value.
`set <value> [-d \| --device <name>]`	Set brightness to the given value.
`save [-d \| --device <name>]`	Save current brightness value to restore later.
`restore`	Restore saved brightness value.
`setup`	Install udev rules and add user to video group (run with sudo).
`status [-d \| --device <name>]`	Show backlight device status.
`list`	List all backlight devices.
`help`	Display help.