hyprland-dotfiles/sddm/update.sh

#!/bin/bash
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# by Stephan Raabe (2023) 
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cache_file="$HOME/.cache/current_wallpaper"
clear
echo "Update the background wallpaper of sddm to the current wallpaper."
echo ""
if [ ! -d /etc/sddm.conf.d/ ]; then
    sudo mkdir /etc/sddm.conf.d
    echo "Folder /etc/sddm.conf.d created."
fi

sudo cp sddm.conf /etc/sddm.conf.d/
echo "File /etc/sddm.conf.d/sddm.conf updated."

current_wallpaper=$(cat "$cache_file")
extension="${current_wallpaper##*.}"

sudo cp $current_wallpaper /usr/share/sddm/themes/sugar-candy/Backgrounds/current_wallpaper.$extension
echo "Current wallpaper copied into /usr/share/sddm/themes/sugar-candy/Backgrounds/"
new_wall=$(echo $current_wallpaper | sed "s|$HOME/wallpaper/||g")
sudo cp theme.conf /usr/share/sddm/themes/sugar-candy/
sudo sed -i 's/CURRENTWALLPAPER/'"current_wallpaper.$extension"'/' /usr/share/sddm/themes/sugar-candy/theme.conf

echo "File theme.conf updated in /usr/share/sddm/themes/sugar-candy/"

echo ""
echo "DONE! Please logout to test sddm."