!/bin/bash

export DISPLAY=:0.0

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then echo usage: $(basename $0) "on|off|status" exit 1 fi

if [ $1 = "off" ]; then echo -en "Turning monitor off..." xset dpms force off

echo -en "done.\nCheck:" xset -q|grep "Monitor is" elif [ $1 = "on" ]; then echo -en "Turning monitor on..." xset dpms force on

echo -en "done.\nCheck:" xset -q | grep "Monitor is"

elif [ $1 = "status" ]; then xset -q | sed -ne 's/^[ ]*Monitor is //p' else echo usage: $(basename $0) "on|off|status" fi