nitrogen

Desktop background browser and setter for X Window. More information: https://github.com/l3ib/nitrogen.

View and set the wallpapers from a specific directory:
nitrogen {{path/to/directory}}
Set the wallpaper with automatic size settings:
nitrogen --set-auto {{path/to/file}}
Restore the previous wallpaper:
nitrogen --restore

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