RSS feed as wallpaper
Pre-Req
convert utility :sudo apt-get install imagemagick
curl utility :sudo apt-get install curl
Any wallpaper : it's called rss.jpg here
The idea is pretty native :
Step 1 : Get the rss feed URL
Step 2 : Scrap for the data
Step 3 : Set the data as wallpaper
Code template
#!/bin/bash <b>convert -font helvetica -fill white -pointsize 36 -draw \ 'text 500,500 "This is the data from the rss feed"' \ rss.jpg rss-current.jpg</b> while [ 1 ]; do COUNTER=0 while [ $COUNTER -lt 10 ]; do <b># grep for text as per your requiremnet</b> text=`curl -s $URL | grep CDATA` <b>cmd="convert -font helvetica -fill white -pointsize 40 -draw 'text 500,500 \"$text\"' rss.jpg rss-current.jpg"</b> eval $cmd temp=$(stat -c%s black-current.jpg) if [[ $temp > 1000 ]] then eval $cmd break fi sleep 5 let COUNTER=COUNTER+1 done sleep 3 done
Now just run the coe as background process :
$ ./rss.sh &
You will find a new image called rss-current.jpg in the same path as your script, set it as a wallpaper and stay updated.

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