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Changing Wallpaper from Command Line

How do I change the Wallpaper / Desktop Image in RHL 9.0 from Command Line ?

It would depend on what application(s) you have which are capable of setting root images.
Some examples are Esetroot, xv, feh, xsri, and display.

I use wmsetbg - it supports jpegs. Not that all others don't, but some don't.

Heres a quick and nasty script I use to kindof randomly change my wallpaper every 10 mins if your interested.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl



$num = `date +%s | tail -c 3`;



while (1)

{

        foreach $file (`find /mnt/c/Wallpapers /usr/share/wallpapers /home/i/dl/done/Backgrounds -type f -exec ls -b \{\} \

\;`)

        {

                if($num < 2)

                {

                        $num = `date +%S | tail -c 3`;

                        print "\n---------\n" . $file . "\n";

                        print `/usr/bin/wmsetbg $file`;

                        print `/bin/sleep 600`;

                }

                else

                {

                        $num = $num - 1;

                }

        }

}