setrandom(1) User Commands setrandom(1)

setrandom - choose a random wallpaper and set it

setrandom [options] [directory with images]

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

Enable verbose output showing detailed information about the operation.
Search recursively through subdirectories for images.
Only consider images that are at least 640x480 pixels in size.
Set wallpaper mode: stretch, center, tile, scale, plus modes specific to the currently running desktop environment or window manager. Default is "stretch".
Show the current version.

5.14.2

setrandom was written by Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>

23 Jul 2025 setrandom