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Ruby script to turn Raspberry Pi 7" LCD on or off
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rpi-lcd.sh
#!/usr/bin/ruby
# Example usage: ./rpi-lcd.sh --power=on
args = Hash[ ARGV.join(' ').scan(/--?([^=\s]+)(?:=(\S+))?/) ]
power = args["power"]
if power == "on"
%x(sudo bash -c "echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/rpi_backlight/bl_power")
elsif power == "off"
%x(sudo bash -c "echo 1 > /sys/class/backlight/rpi_backlight/bl_power")
end
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