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#!/bin/bash
# Debian package: xbacklight

# Brightness will be lowered to this value.
min_brightness=0

# If your video driver works with xbacklight, set -time and -steps for fading
# to $min_brightness here. Setting steps to 1 disables fading.
fade_time=2000
fade_steps=200

# Time to sleep (in seconds) between increments when using sysfs. If unset or
# empty, fading is disabled.
fade_step_time=0.05


get_brightness() {
    if [[ -z $sysfs_path ]]; then
        xbacklight -get
    else
        cat $sysfs_path
    fi
}

set_brightness() {
    if [[ -z $sysfs_path ]]; then
        xbacklight -steps 1 -set $1
    else
        echo $1 > $sysfs_path
    fi
}

fade_brightness() {
    if [[ -z $sysfs_path ]]; then
        xbacklight -time $fade_time -steps $fade_steps -set $1
    elif [[ -z $fade_step_time ]]; then
        set_brightness $1
    else
        local level
        for level in $(eval echo {$(get_brightness)..$1}); do
            set_brightness $level
            sleep $fade_step_time
        done
    fi
}

trap 'exit 0' TERM INT
trap "set_brightness $(get_brightness); kill %%" EXIT
fade_brightness $min_brightness
sleep 2147483647 &
wait
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