/var/log/syslog as background image

Question

I like to have a text file (vor example /var/log/syslog) as a background image within years. So for example a script that automatically turns the syslog file into a jpg file and then sets it as background image (and deletes the old image). That for exmp. every 30 seconds

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS gnome

I really recommend to have a black background

EDIT: I know that I can turn a ASCII file into a jpeg file with this command:

soffice --convert-to jpg "Textfile.doc"

and I wrote a script that is doing the work, but I can't read the log files like I open a terminal, because it is extrmly zoomed and more than the half of the text isn't shown (decrease zoom can help showing the whole text and MORE LINES)

How to transform a text file into a picture

france1@macubuntu:~/syslog-wallaper$ cat convert-to-jpg.sh; cat wallaper-changer.sh; cat run.sh

#!/bin/bash
rm -r syslog.jpg
soffice --convert-to jpg "/var/log/syslog"

#####wallaper-changer

#!/bin/bash
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file:////home/france1/syslog-wallaper/syslog.jpg

##run-file

!/bin/bash
while [ 1 == 1 ] do
    bash ./convert-to-jpg.sh
    bash ./wallaper-changer.sh
    sleep 30 done

that's it

Oh and: I would like to have a picture, black with white text

I found a ways to convert and one way to set wallaper, but it's not black background and not perfect at all — france1, Apr 05 '21 at 20:35
You need to spend some time and make your question clearer, otherwise you will get flooded with downvotes and have your question deleted. — john doe, Apr 05 '21 at 20:40
It looks like your question is how to turn the contents of a text file like syslog into an image with a black background and white text. — john doe, Apr 05 '21 at 20:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 07 '21 at 21:05

You might want to try the program "root-tail". It is available in Debian Linux, and I think others. Its current home page is http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/root-tail.html

It does a "tail" on a file, or several, and displays it on the root window. It can do so on top of a background image or background color. It keeps the text up to date.

/var/log/syslog as background image

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