#!/bin/sh # This polybar script show the current brightness level and allows you to increase or decrease it by scrolling up or down with the mouse wheel # # Make sure you have inotify-tools (and brightnessctl obv) installed otherwise inotifywait won't work # You need to install a font from nerdfonts.com in order to see glyphs correctly. You can replace them with what you prefer # https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FedericoAntoniazzi/dotfiles/master/.config/polybar/backlight.sh brightness_level=$(brightnessctl g) brightness_max=$(brightnessctl m) brightness_percent=$(( $brightness_level * 100 / $brightness_max )) getIcon() { if [ "$brightness_percent" -ge 90 ]; then icon="" elif [ "$brightness_percent" -ge 75 ]; then icon="" elif [ "$brightness_percent" -ge 50 ]; then icon="" elif [ "$brightness_percent" -ge 40 ]; then icon="" elif [ "$brightness_percent" -ge 25 ]; then icon="" elif [ "$brightness_percent" -ge 10 ]; then icon="" else icon="" fi echo "$icon" } increase(){ brightnessctl s +2% > /dev/null return } decrease(){ brightnessctl s 2%- > /dev/null return } case "$1" in "increase") increase exit ;; "decrease") decrease exit ;; *) inotifywait -q -m -e close_write /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness | echo "$(getIcon) $brightness_percent%" ;; esac