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

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!/bin/bash

convert -font helvetica -fill white -pointsize 36 -draw \ ‘text 500,500 “This is the data from the rss feed”’ \ rss.jpg rss-current.jpg 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.