Auto download bing wallpapers.

bing-wallpaper.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

PICTURE_DIR="$HOME/Pictures/bing-wallpapers/"

mkdir -p $PICTURE_DIR

BING_URL="http://global.bing.com/?FORM=HPCNEN&setmkt=en-us&setlang=en-us#"
urls=( $(curl -s $BING_URL | \
    grep -Eo "url:'.*?'" | \
    sed -e "s/url:'\([^']*\)'.*/http:\/\/bing.com\1/" | \
    sed -e "s/\\\//g") )

for p in ${urls[@]}; do
    filename=$(echo $p|sed -e "s/.*\/\(.*\)/\1/")
    if [ ! -f $PICTURE_DIR/$filename ]; then
        echo "Downloading: $filename ..."
        curl -Lo "$PICTURE_DIR/$filename" $p
    else
        echo "Skipping: $filename ..."
    fi
done

$ crontab -l

min hour mday month wday command

20 9,12,15,19,22 * * * sh -x /bin/bing-wallpaper.sh &>/bin/bing-wallpaper.log