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#!/bin/bash
# blob:summary=Print the most likely display backlight device.
# blob:examples=blob-hw-display
backlight_path="${BLOB_BACKLIGHT_PATH:-/sys/class/backlight}"
# Start with the first possible output, then refine to the most likely given an order heuristic.
# Glob the candidates in the loop list: [[ ]] does not do pathname expansion.
# The Touch Bar on T2 Macs registers a backlight that never drives the display panel.
device="$(ls -1 "$backlight_path" 2>/dev/null | grep -vx appletb_backlight | head -n1)"
# gmux comes first: apple-gmux only registers when the kernel has already picked it, and on
# dual-GPU Macs the GPU's own PWM stops driving the panel once that GPU suspends.
for candidate in "$backlight_path"/gmux_backlight "$backlight_path"/amdgpu_bl* "$backlight_path"/intel_backlight "$backlight_path"/acpi_video*; do
if [[ -e $candidate ]]; then
device="${candidate##*/}"
break
fi
done
if [[ -n $device ]]; then
printf '%s\n' "$device"
else
exit 1
fi