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/usr/bin/wpaperctl

Wallpaper daemon for wlr-layer-shell Wayland compositors, with OpenGL ES transitions, per-output wallpapers and slideshows, plus the wpaperctl IPC client

From wpaperd 1.3.0-r1 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running wpaperctl --help (exit 0). permalink

CLI for wallpaper manager wpaperd

Usage: wpaperctl <COMMAND>

Commands:
  get-wallpaper           [aliases: get]
  all-wallpapers          [aliases: get-all]
  next-wallpaper          [aliases: next]
  previous-wallpaper      [aliases: previous]
  reload-wallpaper        [aliases: reload]
  pause-wallpaper         [aliases: pause]
  resume-wallpaper        [aliases: resume]
  toggle-pause-wallpaper  [aliases: toggle-pause]
  get-status              [aliases: status]
  set-wallpaper           Set wallpaper to a specific image file [aliases: set]
  help                    Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -h, --help     Print help
  -V, --version  Print version
Options (2)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpPrint helphelp + man
-V, --versionPrint versionhelp + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.