Does anyone know the TERMINAL string that tells me what TFT panel I have??

glossywhite

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jun 23, 2008

• #1

I found a TERMINAL string a couple of weeks ago, which returned the LCD panel model number/type number of my Macs screen. I can't find it on Google... does anyone know what the string is, that you type into TERMINAL??...

 

mkrishnan

Moderator emeritus

• Jun 23, 2008

• #2

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=5399063&ioreg#post5399063

 

glossywhite

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jun 23, 2008

• #3

mkrishnan said:

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=5399063&ioreg#post5399063

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Thanks!. The string required, for other people's reference, is:

Code:

ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

 

mkrishnan

Moderator emeritus

• Jun 23, 2008

• #4

No prob. I linked the post instead of inlining it because the post also explains how to interpret the result. 😉

Mad googlin' skillz. I has them.