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Xdotool to automate

command line startup of settings

cinnamon-settings  ( some settings, not all) 
cinnamon-control-center

gnome-control-center display 

You can use tab completion with gnome-control-center to see a list of available panels

cinnamon-control-center display ? nope : empty CC
=> (cinnamon-control-center:291027): WARNING : 11:37:22.783: Could not load control center menu: Failed to look up menu_file for “/etc/xdg/menus/cinnamoncc.menu”
sudo cinnamon-control-center => idem

using xdotool to automate

https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/xdotool.1.html#keyboard%20commands
https://gitlab.com/cunidev/gestures/-/wikis/xdotool-list-of-key-codes

 # simulate a keypress : 
xdotool key super      # will "press" the super key and thus open the menu.
xdotool key super left d i s p l a y enter     #=>   no key named "left" 

# this works (left key is not really needed
xdotool key super d i s p l a y Return