Command Line Interface (CLI) for Nitrogen
Nitroshuf is a CLI (Command Line Interface) bash script to manage nitrogen. It provides an interactive prompt as well as direct options to give it from the shell. It atcs directly on nitrogen's configuration file which makes it more powerfull.
| option | description |
|---|---|
-g, --generate |
generate nitroshuf's default config file (overwrites) |
-p, --prompt`` |
run the builtin prompt |
-v, --vers, --version |
print current nitroshuf version |
-h, --help |
print the "small" help page |
These are short options with a capital letter or long (and standard) options linked to the commands used in prompt mode.
| option | description |
|---|---|
-P, --print |
print nitrogen configuration file |
-F, --file, --files |
print name of current background images |
-S, --show |
open current background images in default viewer |
-A, --save |
save current nitrogen configuration to a copy |
-E, --edit |
edit current nitrogen configuration with $EDITOR |
-N, --nir |
restart (in fact restore) nitrogen |
| (without) | generate a random nitrogen configuration and ask to write it |
Note : you can give several arguments (sometimes 2) to an option so these are given to the actually executed function. Reffer to Usage within the prompt for more informations.
The included prompt works like a shell : the first enterred word is the command (or function, as you will) and you might have to give it
To enter the nitroshuf prompt, just execute nitroshuf -p from the shell.
| command | alias | arguments | description |
|-|-|-|
| help | h | (none) | print the builtin prompt's help (commands and their description) |
