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matthiasbayer / backlight.sh
Created April 22, 2016 23:07
Samsung ATIV Book 9 keyboard backlight toggle
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Path can depend on laptop model
FILE=/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/KBDBacklitLvl-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
NOW=$(xxd -p ${FILE})
if [ "0700000000" == "${NOW}" ]; then
echo 0700000005 | xxd -p -r > ${FILE}
echo "Backlight enabled"
else