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howtos:window_managers:dual_monitors [2016/01/12 03:29 (UTC)] – arfonhowtos:window_managers:dual_monitors [2016/01/12 03:31 (UTC)] – [Cool Switching Scripts] arfon
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-====== Cool Switching Script ====== +====== Cool Switching Scripts ====== 
-Here's a script I wrote to automatically switch between extended dual monitors and a single monitor-+Here's a script I wrote to toggle between extended dual monitors and a single monitor-
 <code> <code>
 #!/bin/bash #!/bin/bash
-vPRIMARYMONITOR="DVI-I-3" # <--- CHANGE THIS.  Find using "xrandr -q"+vPRIMARYMONITOR="DVI-I-0" # <--- CHANGE THIS.  Find using "xrandr -q"
 vLOC="--right" # <--- Change this if you want the second monitor in another position. CHOICES: --above  --below  --left  --right vLOC="--right" # <--- Change this if you want the second monitor in another position. CHOICES: --above  --below  --left  --right
 vEXT=$(xrandr -q | grep " connected" | grep -v $vPRIMARYMONITOR | awk '{print $1}' | head -n 1 ) vEXT=$(xrandr -q | grep " connected" | grep -v $vPRIMARYMONITOR | awk '{print $1}' | head -n 1 )
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 <code> <code>
 #!/bin/bash #!/bin/bash
-vPRIMARYMONITOR="DVI-I-3" # <--- CHANGE THIS.  Find using "xrandr -q"+vPRIMARYMONITOR="DVI-I-0" # <--- CHANGE THIS.  Find using "xrandr -q"
 vEXT=$(xrandr -q | grep " connected" | grep -v $vPRIMARYMONITOR | awk '{print $1}' | head -n 1 ) vEXT=$(xrandr -q | grep " connected" | grep -v $vPRIMARYMONITOR | awk '{print $1}' | head -n 1 )
 vOnOff=$(xrandr -q | grep $vEXT | sed 's/primary//g' | awk '{print $3}'| sed 's/[0-9]*x[0-9]*+[0-9]*+[0-9]*/ON/g' ) vOnOff=$(xrandr -q | grep $vEXT | sed 's/primary//g' | awk '{print $3}'| sed 's/[0-9]*x[0-9]*+[0-9]*+[0-9]*/ON/g' )

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