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Set desktop background to given a picture URL
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set_bg.scpt
#!/usr/bin/osascript
on run(argv)
if count of argv is equal to 0 then
set msg to "Usage\n\tset_bg URI"
return msg
end if
set uri to item 1 of argv
set dest to do shell script "echo /tmp/$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).jpg"
set cmd to "curl -L " & uri & " > " & dest
do shell script cmd
tell application "Finder"
set desktop picture to POSIX file dest
end tell
end run
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