SCT(1)

NAME
sct - set the color temperature of the screen

SYNOPSIS
sct [temp]
sct version

DESCRIPTION
sct is a lightweight utility to set the color temperature of the screen. If the optional temp argument is given, the color temperature is set to this value.

The arguments are as follows:

temp
    Optionally, specify the temperature to set.

version
    Print the version and copyright information of sct to the standard output, then exit.

sct expects a temp value between 1000 and 10000. The default temperature value is 6500.

EXIT STATUS

EXAMPLES
Run sct to shift the screen temperature to campfire style:

    $ sct 4500

Print version and copyright information of sct to the standard output stream and exit successfully:

    $ sct version

SEE ALSO
Xorg(1), xrandr(1), X(7), XStandards(7)

STANDARDS
The sct utility follows and uses the XStandards(7).

HISTORY
The first version of the sct utility appeared back in November 2015 within the following blog article: http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/sct-set-color-temperature.

AUTHORS
-nosplit The sct utility was written by Ted Unangst <tedu@openbsd.org> and was further improved by Joerg Jung <mail@umaxx.net>.

CAVEATS
sct rounds the temp values in steps of 500.

HOMEPAGE
https://www.umaxx.net/