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Shiftwallpaper.sh: shift wallpaper every n seconds.

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  1. #!/usr/bin/env bash
  2. #  shiftwallpaper.sh
  3. #  A very simple bash script to shift wallpaper every n seconds.
  4. #  Turns your desktop in a kind of digital frame :-)
  5. #  Tested in and for Fluxbox [TM].
  6. #  Public Domain Code. No Warranty at all.
  7. #  ksaver, July 2011.
  8.  
  9. # Modify this line to you own wallpapers directory.
  10. WALLPAPER_DIR="$HOME/MyPictures/Wallpaper"
  11.  
  12. # Set interval in seconds to shift wallpaper.
  13. WAIT=120
  14.  
  15. function load_wallpapers()
  16. {
  17.     # Load the wallpaper list into an array
  18.     # loads new wallpapers added to directory in runtime.
  19.     n=0
  20.     for wallpaper in "$1/*"; do
  21.         wallpaper_list[n]=$wallpaper
  22.         let n=$n+1
  23.     done
  24. }
  25.  
  26. function rotate_wallpapers()
  27. {
  28.     # Rotate wallpaper every n seconds.
  29.     for wallpaper in ${wallpaper_list[@]}; do
  30.         /usr/bin/env fbsetbg -F $wallpaper
  31.         sleep $1
  32.     done
  33. }
  34.  
  35. ## main()
  36. while [ True ]; do
  37.     load_wallpapers   $WALLPAPER_DIR
  38.     rotate_wallpapers $WAIT
  39. done

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