Simplified xrandr script for horizontal monitor layouts

quick-display.sh

#!/bin/bash
# arrange outputs in order of name
params=()
prev=''
verbose=0

if [ "$1" == '-v' ] || [ "$1" == '--verbose' ]; then
  verbose=1
  shift
fi

if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
  echo "usage: quick-display [-v] <output1> [<output2> <output3>...]" >&2
  exit 1
fi

for output in $@; do
  if [ "$output" == 'internal' ] || [ "$output" == 'laptop' ]; then
    output='eDP1'
  fi
  params+=('--output' "$output" '--auto')
  if [ "$prev" != '' ]; then
    params+=('--right-of' "$prev")
  fi
  prev="$output"
done

if [ $verbose -eq 1 ]; then
  echo xrandr "${params[@]}"
fi

xrandr "${params[@]}"