# get info from xrandr connectedOutputs=$(xrandr | grep " connected" | sed -e "s/\([A-Z0-9]\+\) connected.*/\1/") activeOutput=$(xrandr | grep -E " connected (primary )?[1-9]+" | sed -e "s/\([A-Z0-9]\+\) connected.*/\1/") # initialize variables execute="xrandr " default="xrandr " i=1 switch=0 for display in $connectedOutputs do # build default configuration if [ $i -eq 1 ] then default=$default"--output $display --auto " else default=$default"--output $display --off " fi # build "switching" configuration if [ $switch -eq 1 ] then execute=$execute"--output $display --auto " switch=0 else execute=$execute"--output $display --off " fi # check whether the next output should be switched on if [ $display = $activeOutput ] then switch=1 fi i=$(( $i + 1 )) done # check if the default setup needs to be executed then run it echo "Resulting Configuration:" if [ -z "$(echo $execute | grep "auto")" ] then echo "Command: $default" `$default` else echo "Command: $execute" `$execute` fi echo -e "\n$(xrandr)"