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Created June 22, 2016 13:03
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Bash script to change wallpaper on Fedora - Ideal to be run on a cron basis
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Bash script to change wallpaper on Fedora
#!/usr/bin/env bash
PID=$(pgrep -n gnome-session)
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$(grep -z DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS /proc/$PID/environ|cut -d= -f2-)
GSETTINGS_BACKEND=dconf
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri '"file://'$(ls ~/Pictures/Wallpapers/*.jpg | shuf -n 1)'"'
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