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diff --git a/brightness-control/README.rst b/brightness-control/README.rst
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+Brightness control
+==================
+
+Add the following line in `/etc/rc.local` to make it a startup job ::
+
+	sudo chmod o+w /sys/class/backlight/<somefile>/brightness
+
+Now with a simple bash script we can `echo` suitable values to
+above `brightness` file and change the brightness of the screen. It would
+be a good practice to know the max brightness allowed by reading the file ::
+
+	cat /sys/class/backlight/<somefile>/max_brightness
+
+Now to set brightness we use ::
+
+	echo 50 > /sys/class/backlight/<somefile>/brightness
+
+
diff --git a/brightness-control/brightness-control.desktop b/brightness-control/brightness-control.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Keywords=Brightness control
+Name=Brightness toggle
+Comment=Brightness control
+Exec=bash /opt/FOSSEE-netbook-tools/brightness-control/brightness-control.sh
+Icon=/opt/FOSSEE-netbook-tools/brightness-control/brightness-icon.png
+#Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/xfpm-brightness-lcd.svg
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+MimeType=text/plain
+Categories=GTK;Other;
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diff --git a/brightness-control/brightness-control.sh b/brightness-control/brightness-control.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# A simple script to control screen brightness using 'notify send'
+# copyright Srikant Patnaik
+# GNU GPLv3
+
+# Three brightness modes
+brightness_max=250
+brightness_med=160
+brightness_low=80
+
+# A file to store previous brightness value
+status_file=/tmp/previous_brightness
+
+# If running for first time, then create the status file with med value for brightness
+if [ ! -f $status_file ];
+then
+        echo $brightness_med > $status_file
+fi
+
+previous_brightness=$(cat $status_file)
+
+if (( "$previous_brightness" == "80" ));
+then
+	echo $brightness_med > /sys/class/backlight/pwm-backlight.0/brightness
+        #notify-send "medium brightness"
+	echo -n "medium brightness" | osd_cat --font='-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-*-34-*-*-*-p-*-iso10646-1'  --color=green  --pos=top 	   --align=right   --offset=50   --indent=50 -d 1
+        echo $brightness_med > $status_file
+
+elif (( "$previous_brightness" == "160" ));
+then
+	echo $brightness_max > /sys/class/backlight/pwm-backlight.0/brightness
+        #notify-send "full brightness" 
+	echo -n "full brightness" | osd_cat --font='-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-*-34-*-*-*-p-*-iso10646-1'  --color=green  --pos=top 	   --align=right   --offset=50   --indent=50 -d 1
+        echo $brightness_max > $status_file
+else
+	echo $brightness_low > /sys/class/backlight/pwm-backlight.0/brightness
+      # notify-send "low brightness"
+	echo -n "low brightness" | osd_cat --font='-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-*-34-*-*-*-p-*-iso10646-1'  --color=green  --pos=top 	   --align=right   --offset=50   --indent=50 -d 1
+        echo $brightness_low > $status_file
+fi