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One-liner for setting maximum available X11 display resolution using xrandr.
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maxrandr.sh
#!/bin/sh
xrandr | perl -ne '
BEGIN { my ($x, $y) = (0, 0) }
END { printf "%sx%s\n", $x, $y if $x and $y }
/^\s+(\d+)x(\d+)\s+\d/ && ($1 + $2 > $x + $y) && (($x, $y) = ($1, $2));
' | xargs -r xrandr -s
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