#!/bin/sh # script to decrease the display brightness by 5% device=$(brightnessctl -l | grep "class 'backlight'" | tail -n +3 | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d "'") if brightnessctl -l | grep "class 'backlight'" | grep -q "^Device 'acpi_video0'"; then device="acpi_video0" fi brightness=$(brightnessctl -d "${device}" | grep Current | awk -F '[)(]' '{print $2 - 5}') brightnessctl -d "${device}" set "$brightness"%