diff --git a/README b/README
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 this program does the same thing as this:
-xrandr --props | awk '$2 ~ /^connected/ {printf $1 ":";getline;getline;while($2 == ""){printf $1;getline;};printf "\n";}'
+xrandr --props | awk '$2 ~ /connected/ {printf $1 ":";getline;getline;while($2 == ""){printf $1;getline;};printf "\n";}'