edid-decode(1)						      General Commands Manual						    edid-decode(1)

NAME

       edid-decode - Decode EDID data in human-readable format

SYNOPSIS

       edid-decode [in] [out]

DESCRIPTION

       edid-decode  decodes  EDID  monitor  description  data in human-readable format.  It takes zero, one, or two arguments.	If invoked with no
       arguments it reads from standard input and writes to standard output.  With one argument, the file named by the argument is  read  instead.
       With two arguments, normal output is suppressed, and the binary EDID blob is written to the file named by the second argument.

       Input  files  may  be  raw binaries or ASCII text.  ASCII input is scanned for hex dumps; heuristics are included to search for hexdumps in
       xrandr(1) property output and Xorg(1) log file formats, otherwise the data is treated as a raw hexdump.	EDID blocks for connected monitors
       can be found in /sys/class/drm/*/edid on modern Linux systems with kernel modesetting support.

NOTES

       Not  all  fields  are decoded, or decoded completely.  Some fields' decoding may appear to corrupt the output (for example, detailed string
       sections have their contents printed literally).  edid-decode does attempt to validate its input against the relevant  standards,  but  its
       opinions  have  not  been double-checked with the relevant standards bodies, so they may be wrong.  Do not rely on the output format, as it
       will likely change in future versions of the tool as additional fields and extensions are added.

SEE ALSO

       Xorg(1), xrandr(1)

AUTHORS

       edid-decode was written by Adam Jackson, with contributions from Eric Anholt, Damien Lespiau, and others.  For  complete  history  and  the
       latest version, see http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/edid-decode/

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