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| # get latest pic, change your screen resolution in the url paths: https://unsplash.it/width/height?random | |
| wget -O /tmp/wallpaper 'https://unsplash.it/1366/768?random' > /dev/null 2>&1 | |
| # set it as desktop wallpaper | |
| gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri /tmp/wallpaper # gnome ubuntu | |
| # osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to set desktop picture to POSIX file "/tmp/wallpaper"' # osx |
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Then you can add this as a cron job to have it run ever so often, e.g
* * * * * /path/to/wallpaper.sh