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Adds a temporary monitor resolution (linux)
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add-monitor-resolution.sh
#!/bin/bash
# example usage:
# ./add-monitor-resolution.sh VGA-1 1920 1080
# Note: replace VGA-1 with the name of your device
# run `xrandr --list-monitors` to see the name of your device
monitor=$1
width=$2
height=$3
modeline=`cvt $width $height | tail -n1 | cut --complement -d" " -f 1`
res=`echo $modeline | cut -d" " -f 1`
xrandr --newmode $modeline
xrandr --addmode VGA-1 $res
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