#!/usr/bin/python3 import subprocess backlight_dir = '/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/' brightness_file = 'brightness' max_brightness_file = 'max_brightness' brightness = int(open(backlight_dir + brightness_file).read()) max_brightness = int(open(backlight_dir + max_brightness_file).read()) ratio = (brightness / max_brightness) brightness = ratio * 100 if brightness > 6: subprocess.call("xbacklight -set {}".format(brightness - 5), shell=True)