acpi event

[blinksilver]

i have this little script that sets the brightness of my screen deepending on if my laptop is plugged in or not, but sadly, it does not work, I have no idea why.

the file is /etc/acpi/events/smartdimmer.sh
i chmod +x smartdimmer.sh as root

and this is the file itself, i don't kno w why it is not working.

#! /bin/sh

ACSTATE=`cat /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ACAD/state | cut-d: -f2 | sed -e 's/^ *//g'`

if [ $ACSTATE == "on-line" ]; then
smartdimmer -s 21

elif [ $ACSTATE == "off-line" ]; then
smartdimmer -s 2
fi

[Jman]

On my machine I don't have a cut-d: command.

What errors are you getting?

[blinksilver]

http://www.hmug.org/man/1/cut.php

here's a link to the man file, does fedora not have a cut command?