Okay, without symlinks now, seems easier

bin/brightness.sh

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-../../bin/brightness.sh

bin/brightness.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+if [ $1 = '-d' ]; then
+    current=$(xrandr --verbose | grep -m 1 -i brightness | awk -F' ' '{ print $2 }')
+    new=$(echo "$current - 0.1" | bc -l)
+    xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0$new
+	percent=$(echo "$new * 100" | bc -l)
+	notify-send "Brightness lowered to ${percent}%" 
+elif [ $1 = '-u' ]; then
+    current=$(xrandr --verbose | grep -m 1 -i brightness | awk -F' ' '{ print $2 }')
+	new=$(echo "$current + 0.1" | bc -l)
+    xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0$new
+	percent=$(echo "$new * 100" | bc -l)
+	notify-send "Brightness raised to ${percent}%"
+elif [ $1 = '-m' ]; then
+    xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 1
+	notify-send "Brightness reset to 100%"
+else
+    xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness $1
+fi
+

bin/lock.sh

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-../../bin/lock.sh

bin/lock.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# pause notification daemon during screensaver, get notifications
+# after unlocking
+killall -SIGUSR1 dunst
+i3lock -c 000000 -n
+killall -SIGUSR2 dunst

bin/sleep.sh

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-../../bin/sleep.sh

bin/sleep.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Small script to lock the screen before sleeping
+
+# suspend to ram or suspend to disk?
+if [ $1 = '-r' ]; then
+	sleeptype="/usr/sbin/s2ram"
+elif [ $1 = '-d' ]; then
+	sleeptype="/usr/sbin/s2disk"
+fi
+
+/usr/bin/i3lock -c 000000 && /usr/bin/sudo $sleeptype

bin/sound.sh

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-../../bin/sound.sh

bin/sound.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# control for the mute key, toggles mute/unmute
+
+if [ $1 = '-m' ]; then
+	mutecontrol=$(amixer get Master | grep 'Front Left:' | awk '{ print $6 }')
+	if [ $mutecontrol = "[on]" ]; then
+		amixer set Master mute
+		notify-send "Sound muted."
+	elif [ $mutecontrol = "[off]" ]; then
+		amixer set Master unmute
+		notify-send "Sound unmuted."
+	fi
+elif [ $1 = "-d" ]; then
+	amixer set Master 10%-
+	volume=$(amixer get Master |grep 'Front Left:' |awk '{ print $5 }' |sed -e 's/\[//' |sed -e 's/\]//')
+	notify-send "Sound lowered to $volume"
+elif [ $1 = "-u" ]; then
+	amixer set Master 10%+
+	volume=$(amixer get Master |grep 'Front Left:' |awk '{ print $5 }' |sed -e 's/\[//' |sed -e 's/\]//')
+	notify-send "Sound raised to $volume"
+fi