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gnome-shell-cycle-wallpaper.sh (626B)

      1 #!/usr/bin/env sh
      2 # cycles the desktop background to a random image from $XDG_PICTURES_DIR/wallpapers
      3 # updated to work with Ubuntu 22
      4 
      5 . "$HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs"
      6 WALLPAPERS_DIR=$XDG_PICTURES_DIR/wallpapers/
      7 
      8 if [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
      9 	echo "usage: ./gnome-shell-cycle-wallpaper.sh"
     10 	echo ""
     11 	echo "change the wallpaper on a GNOME desktop to a random file from $WALLPAPERS_DIR"
     12 	exit
     13 fi
     14 
     15 selection=$(find "$WALLPAPERS_DIR" -type f | shuf -n1)
     16 gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file://$selection"
     17 gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri-dark "file://$selection"