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dimensions:    1280x800 pixels (301x192 millimeters)

$ cat ./xrandr_test.sh
LINE=`xrandr -q | grep Screen`
echo LINE = ${LINE}
WIDTH=`echo ${LINE} | awk '{ print $8 }'`
echo WIDTH = ${WIDTH}
HEIGHT=`echo ${LINE} | awk '{ print $10 }' | awk -F"," '{ print $1 }'`
echo HEIGHT = ${HEIGHT}
$ ./xrandr_test.sh
LINE = Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 800
WIDTH = 1280
HEIGHT = 800
$