1i-nex-edid(1)               General Commands Manual              i-nex-edid(1)
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NAME

6       i-nex-edid - Decode EDID data in human-readable format
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SYNOPSIS

9       i-nex-edid [in] [out]
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DESCRIPTION

12       i-nex-edid decodes EDID monitor description data in human-readable for‐
13       mat.  It takes zero, one, or two arguments.  If invoked with  no  argu‐
14       ments it reads from standard input and writes to standard output.  With
15       one argument, the file named by the argument is read instead.  With two
16       arguments,  normal  output  is  suppressed, and the binary EDID blob is
17       written to the file named by the second argument.
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19       Input files may be raw binaries or ASCII text.  ASCII input is  scanned
20       for  hex  dumps;  heuristics  are  included  to  search for hexdumps in
21       xrandr(1) property output and Xorg(1) log file formats,  otherwise  the
22       data  is  treated as a raw hexdump.  EDID blocks for connected monitors
23       can be found in /sys/class/drm/*/edid on modern Linux systems with ker‐
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NOTES

27       Not all fields are decoded, or decoded completely.  Some fields' decod‐
28       ing may appear to corrupt the output (for example, detailed string sec‐
29       tions  have their contents printed literally).  i-nex-edid does attempt
30       to validate its input against the relevant standards, but its  opinions
31       have  not  been  double-checked  with the relevant standards bodies, so
32       they may be wrong.  Do not rely on the output format, as it will likely
33       change  in  future versions of the tool as additional fields and exten‐
34       sions are added.
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SEE ALSO

37       Xorg(1), xrandr(1)
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AUTHORS

40       i-nex-edid was written by Adam Jackson, with  contributions  from  Eric
41       Anholt,  Damien Lespiau, and others.  For complete history and the lat‐
42       est version, see http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/edid-decode/
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