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VARIETY(1) User Commands VARIETY(1)

variety - open-source wallpaper changer for Linux

variety [options] [files or urls]

Variety is an open-source wallpaper changer, downloader, and manager for Linux. It supports a variety of sources for wallpapers, including local files, online services such as Flickr, Wallbase.cc, Wallpapers.net, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day, Desktoppr.co, and media RSS feeds (Picasa, deviantART, etc.).

Passing local files will add them to Variety's queue. Passing remote URLs will make Variety fetch them to Fetched folder and place them in the queue.

To set a specific wallpaper: variety /some/local/image.jpg --next

show program's version number and exit
show this help message and exit
Show logging messages (-vv shows even finer debugging messages, -vvv debugs variety_lib too)
Make the running instance quit
Print the current wallpaper location. Used only when the application is already running.
Show Next wallpaper
Show Previous wallpaper
Show Next wallpaper, skipping the forward history
Move current wallpaper to Trash. Used only when the application is already running.
Copy current wallpaper to Favorites. Used only when the application is already running.
Move current wallpaper to Favorites. Used only when the application is already running.
Pause on current image
Resume regular image changes
Toggle Pause/Resume state
Show Next quote
Show Previous quote
Show Next quote, skipping the forward history
Toggle Quotes Pause/Resume state
Save the current quote to Favorites
Toggle History display
Toggle Recent Downloads display
Show Preferences dialog
Show manual wallpaper selector - the thumbnail bar filled with images from the active image sources
Sets and applies an option. The option names are the same that are used in Variety's config file ~/.config/variety/variety.conf. Multiple options can be set in a single command. Example: 'variety --setoption icon Dark --set-option clock_enabled True'. USE WITH CAUTION: You are changing the settings file directly in an unguarded way.
Debug VRTY.ORG and sync functionality by using local server
March 2018 variety 0.6.x