lsmon(1)

📦 version 5.14.4, in arch rolling

💻 lsmon — bestie edition

okay so this is lsmon, and it lives in section 1 of the manual (that's User Commands, the section for stuff you actually type at your shell, iykyk) 💅

✨ NAME ✨

lsmon — outputs the ID, width and height for, like, every single monitor you have connected 👀🖥️

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lsmon [options]

that's literally it. no files, no drama, just vibes and optional flags 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so lsmon shows you the tea on all your connected monitors ☕✨ — their ID numbers, their resolution (that's the width and the height, bestie 📐), and if you want, it'll also throw in their DPI values too 💖

it's giving "I just want to know what my screens are doing" and honestly? iconic.

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • -d, --dpi — also outputs the monitor DPI (dots per inch) 🔍✨ like yes give me the pixel density too, I wanna know everything
  • -V, --version — shows you the current version 🏷️💫 quick little vibe check on which build you're running

🔥 VERSION 🔥

5.14.3

periodt. that's the version. no cap 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

lsmon was written by Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org> — absolute legend, main character energy fr fr 🌈⭐

💡 tiny reminder bestie: -d and --dpi are the same thing, and -V and --version are the same thing. pick whichever feels cuter, both slay 💅

and that's the whole page!! this was the lsmon manual from 04 Jun 2026, version 5.14.3, and yes it's still hanging out in lsmon(1) — go check your monitors, bestie, they're waiting 🖥️💖🧚

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