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+.Dd September 7, 2018
+.Dt BRI 1
+.Os
+.
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm bri
+.Nd backlight brightness control
+.
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Ar brightness
+.Nm
+.Cm +
+.Nm
+.Cm -
+.
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+controls the backlight brightness on Linux.
+.
+.Pp
+With no argument,
+the current brightness is printed.
+With a numerical
+.Ar brightness
+argument,
+the brightness is set.
+.
+.Pp
+The
+.Cm +
+and
+.Cm -
+arguments
+may be repeated any number of times
+and adjust the brightness
+in increments of 16.
+.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag
+.It Pa /sys/class/backlight
+Files under the first subdirectory found
+are used to control the backlight brightness.
+.El