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Rod_H
Asked: 2018-05-07 10:27:24 +0800 CST

Script to Create Custom XML Entries for x-wallpapers.xml

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I know there is a way to do this, but I just dumped a bunch of my favorite wallpaper files in /usr/share/backgrouds/. In order for my Ubutnu 17.10 to use them, I need to edit the artful-wallpapers.xml file and add each file name to a statement looking like this:

<wallpaper>
 <name>calm</name>
 <filename>/usr/share/backgrounds/02488_calm_1440x900.jpg</filename>
 <options>zoom</options>
 <pcolor>#000000</pcolor>
 <scolor>#000000</scolor>
 <shade_type>solid</shade_type>
</wallpaper>

This is long and tedious to do one at a time, and I am sure I have merged data before, but for the life of me I cannot remember how.

A script would be very helpful, or at least directions to a tutorial.

Thanks in advance.

Rod

scripts wallpaper files xml

1 Answers

  1. XML Format Filenames in Folder via Bash Script

    You can accomplish this easily with a bash script. This will output all the xml you need so you can copy/paste it into artful-wallpapers.xml.

    This script will take all filenames in current folder and format it into the XML from your question. You can easily modify it to fit your needs.

    The BASH Script

    #!/bin/bash
shopt -s nullglob
arr=(*)

for i in "${arr[@]}"
do
if [ "$i" != "makeXML" -a ! -d "$i" ]
then
   echo "<wallpaper>
 <name>$i</name>
 <filename>/usr/share/backgrounds/$i</filename>
 <options>zoom</options>
 <pcolor>#000000</pcolor>
 <scolor>#000000</scolor>
 <shade_type>solid</shade_type>
</wallpaper>
"
fi
done

    How to use it

    Create a folder in your home folder called 'wallpapers' and put all the images you want to use in this folder.

    Place above script in a plain-text file called makeXML inside the folder with your photos (~/wallpapers). Run from the terminal:

    $ cd ~/wallpapers
$ bash makeXML

    Paste the output on the screen into your x-wallpapers.xml file inside the wallpapers tag.

    Finally move all the images from ~/wallpapers to /usr/share/backgrounds and delete the wallpapers folder.

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