setrandom(1)

📦 version 5.14.4, in arch rolling

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, this is setrandom(1) from the User Commands manual — and it's literally here to choose a random wallpaper and set it. That's the whole name: setrandom — choose a random wallpaper and set it. Periodt. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

setrandom [options] [directory with images]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

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

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -v or --verbose — turns on verbose output, showing detailed information about the operation. yes, it will yap (helpfully) 💬
  • -r or --recursive — searches recursively through subdirectories for images. it goes digging, bestie 🔍
  • -l or --onlylarge — only considers images that are at least 640x480 pixels in size. tiny pics need not apply 💅
  • -m or --mode — sets the wallpaper mode: stretch, center, tile, scale, plus modes specific to the currently running desktop environment or window manager. Default is "stretch". pick your fighter 🎨
  • -V or --version — shows the current version. hotline bling but for version numbers 📞

⭐ VERSION ⭐

5.14.3 — that's the version, bestie. 👑

👑 AUTHOR 👑

setrandom was written by Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>. give him his flowers 💐

final cute sign-off: this page source is setrandom, version 5.14.3, dated 04 Jun 2026. mwah 💋✨
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