Controlling Dell Laptop Keyboard Backlight from Command Line
Keyboard Trigger for Keyboard Backlight
I didn’t take me long to start wondering if there was a way to control keyboard backlight on my Dell XPS 3890 laptop, and of course there is a simple enough solution.
Check Current Keyboard Backlight Level
IMPORTANT: This is Dell laptops (if not Dell XPS model) specific.
Go to the /sys/devices/platform/dell-laptop/leds/dell::kbd_backlight directory and cat the file called brightess:
I learn with Educative:
I'm also a fan of SetApp for macOS:
IT Consultancy
I'm a principal consultant with Tech Stack Solutions. I help with cloud architectrure, AWS deployments and automated management of Unix/Linux infrastructure. Get in touch!