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Switch HDMI output of Raspberry Pi devices off and on and preserve the X11 output
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raspberry-hdmi-screen.sh
#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
echo "Syntax: $0 (on|off)"
exit
fi
if [ $1 == "on" ]; then
tvservice -p
sleep 2
chvt 6 && chvt 7
echo "Switched HDMI on"
fi
if [ $1 == "off" ]; then
tvservice -o
echo "Switched HDMI off"
fi
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