#!/usr/bin/env bash brightnessctl -me | cut -d, -f4 | tr -d '%' device=$(brightnessctl -m | head -n 1 | cut -d, -f1) while true; do inotifywait /sys/class/backlight/"$device"/brightness &>/dev/null brightnessctl -me | cut -d, -f4 | tr -d '%' done