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dbus-send --system --print-reply \
--dest="org.freedesktop.UPower" \
/org/freedesktop/UPower \
org.freedesktop.UPower.Suspend
#!/bin/bash
# Author: Andrew Martin
# Credit: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1309247
echo "Enter the primary display from the following:" # prompt for the display
xrandr --prop | grep "[^dis]connected" | cut --delimiter=" " -f1 # query connected monitors
read choice # read the users's choice of monitor
xrandr --output $choice --primary # set the primary monitor
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