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Sets GNOME wallpaper to latest Himawari image
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sample-crontab
# Update wallpaper every 15 minutes
15 * * * * /bin/bash /home/richard/scripts/set-wallpaper.sh
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set-wallpaper.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Image: latest Himawari 8 true colour
URL=http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/images/latest_hi_res/himawari-8/full_disk_ahi_natural_color.jpg
TARGET=/home/richard/Pictures/full_disk_ahi_natural_color.jpg
# Download
wget -qcN $URL -O $TARGET
# Set wallpaper
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file://$TARGET"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-options "scaled"
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Alternative source: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/images/latest_hi_res/himawari-8/full_disk_ahi_true_color.jpg

curl alternative over wget: curl -s $URL > $TARGET

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