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setrandom(1)

setrandom1

Choose a random wallpaper and set it

Usage

setrandom [options] [directory with images]

Overview

setrandom randomly selects a wallpaper image from the specified directory (or default wallpaper directories) and sets it as the desktop background.

Options

-v or --verbose

Enable verbose output showing detailed information about the operation.

-r or --recursive

Search recursively through subdirectories for images.

-l or --onlylarge

Only consider images that are at least 640x480 pixels in size.

-m or --mode

Set wallpaper mode: stretch, center, tile, scale, plus modes specific to the currently running desktop environment or window manager. Default is "stretch".

-V or --version

Show the current version.

Version

5.14.3

Author

setrandom was written by Alexander F. Rødseth <[email protected]>

From wallutils 5.14.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.