NAME¶
mimedb - mimedb - lookup file information via the mime database
Synopsis¶
mimedb [OPTIONS] FILES...
Description¶
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- FILES is a list of files to analyse
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- -t, --input-file-data the specified files type should be
determined both by their filename and by their contents (Default)
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- -f, --input-filename the specified files type should be
determined by their filename
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- -i, --input-mime the arguments are not files but
mimetypes
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- -m, --output-mime the output will be the mimetype of each
file (Default)
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- -f, --output-description the output will be the description
of each mimetype
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- -a, --output-action the output will be the default action
of each mimetype
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- -l, --launch launch the default action for the specified
file(s)
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- -h, --help display a help message and exit
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- -v, --version display version number and exit
The mimedb command is used to query the mimetype database and the .desktop files
installed on the system in order to find information on a file. The
information that mimedb can retrieve includes the mimetype for a file, a
description of the type and what its default action is. mimedb can also be
used to launch the default action for this file.
