Read monitor name from edid file

read_moditor_name.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Display_Identification_Data
edid_file = "/sys/class/drm/card1-eDP-1/edid"
with open(edid_file,"rb") as f:
    edid = f.read()
    name = ""
    for c in edid[0x4d:]:
        if chr(c).isprintable():
            name += chr(c)
        else:
            break
    print(name)