xininfo - a tool to query the layout and size of each configured monitor.
xininfo [ -monitor id] [ -active-mon] [ -mon-size] [ -mon-width ] [ -max-mon-width ] [ -mon-height ] [ -max-mon-height ] [ -mon-x ] [ -mon-y ] [ -mon-pos ] [ -num-mon ] [ -dpms ] [ -dpms-state ] [ -screensaver ] [ -screensaver-state ] [ -print ] [ -name ] [ -modes ] [ -h ]
xininfo is an X11 utility to query the current layout and size of each configured monitor. It is designed to be used by scripts.
MIT/X11
xininfo accepts the following commands. Multiple commands can be concatenated. All information returned is in number of pixels.
-monitor id
Set queried monitor to id. By default it uses the active monitor.
-active-mon
Query the id of the active monitor.
Prints: id
-mon-size
Get the size of the monitor.
Prints: width height
-mon-width
Get the width of the monitor:
Prints: width
-max-mon-width
Query width of the monitor with the most horizontal pixels
Prints: width
-mon-height
Get the height of the monitor:
Prints: height
-max-mon-height
Query height of the monitor with the most vertical pixels
Prints: width
-mon-x
Get the x position of the monitor:
Prints: x
-mon-y
Get the y position of the monitor:
Prints: y
-mon-pos
Get the position of the monitor:
Prints: x y
-num-mon
Queries the number of configured monitors.
Prints: #monitors
-dpms
Prints the current dpms state human readable.
-dpms-state
Prints the current dpms state easy parsable.
-screensaver
Prints the current screensaver state human readable.
-screensaver-state
Prints the current screensaver state easy parsable.
-print
Print out all information in a human readable format.
-name
Print the xrandr name of the monitor.
-modes
Print the supported modes (resolution and refresh rate) for the selected monitor.
-h
Show the manpage of xininfo
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