xsct(1)

xsct1

X11 set screen color temperature

Usage

xsct [options] [temperature] [brightness]

Overview

xsct sets the screen's color temperature.

Options

-h, --help

Display usage information and exit

-v, --verbose

Display debugging information

-d, --delta

Shift temperature and brightness by temperature and brightness value

-s, --screen N

Zero-based index of screen to use.

-t, --toggle

Toggle between night and day temperature.

-c, --crtc N

Zero-based index of CRTC to use.

[temperature]

Black body temperature
If the value is 0, xsct sets the color temperature to the default of 6500
If no arguments are passed, xsct estimates the current display temperature and brightness

[brightness]

Linear brightness between 0.0 (inclusive) and 1.0 (inclusive). The default value is 1.0 if no parameter is passed.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 12
  2. 13

--toggle since Debian 13 (Trixie); -t since Debian 13 (Trixie).

Author

xsct is based on sct by Ted Unangst <[email protected]>

From xsct 2.3-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.