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xbacklight: Set the screen brightness to 40%.
$ xbacklight -set ${40}
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The command "xbacklight -set ${40}" is used to adjust the brightness of the display.

Here's an explanation of each part of the command:

  • "xbacklight" is a command-line utility for adjusting the backlight brightness. It is commonly used on Linux systems.
  • "-set" is an option that specifies that we want to set the backlight brightness.
  • "${40}" is the value we want to set the backlight brightness to. In this case, it is set to 40. The dollar sign and curly braces are used to access the value of the variable.

Overall, this command sets the backlight brightness of the display to a value of 40. The brightness scale generally ranges from 0 to 100, so 40 would represent a relatively dim setting.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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