---
name: "mimeview"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mailutils"
version: "1:3.19-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mimeview"
---

# mimeview(1)

display files, using mailcap mechanism.

## NAME

mimeview - display files, using mailcap mechanism.

## SYNOPSIS

**mimeview** \[*OPTION*...\] *FILE* \[*FILE* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

GNU mimeview **--** display files, using mailcap mechanism.

- **-a**, **--no-ask**\[=*TYPE-LIST*\]

  do not ask for confirmation before displaying files, or, if TYPE-LIST is given, do not ask for confirmation before displaying such files whose MIME type matches one of the patterns from TYPE-LIST

- **-d**, **--debug**\[=*FLAGS*\]

  enable debugging output

- **-f**, **--mimetypes**=*FILE*

  use this mime.types file

- **-h**, **--no-interactive**, **--print**

  disable interactive mode

- **-i**, **--\[no-\]identify**

  identify MIME type of each file

- **--metamail**\[=*FILE*\]

  use metamail to display files

- **-n**, **--\[no-\]dry-run**

  do nothing, just print what would have been done

- **-t**, **--\[no-\]lint**

  test mime.types syntax and exit

-

  Global debugging settings

- **--debug-level**=*LEVEL*

  set Mailutils debugging level

**--\[no-\]debug-line-info** show source info with debugging messages

-

  Configuration handling

- **--config-file**=*FILE*

  load this configuration file; implies **--no-config**

- **--config-lint**

  check configuration file syntax and exit

- **--config-verbose**

  verbosely log parsing of the configuration files

- **--no-config**

  do not load site and user configuration files

- **--no-site-config**

  do not load site-wide configuration file

- **--no-user-config**

  do not load user configuration file

- **--set**=*PARAM=VALUE*

  set configuration parameter

-

  Informational options

- **--config-help**

  show configuration file summary

- **--show-config-options**

  show compilation options

- \-?, **--help**

  give this help list

- **--usage**

  give a short usage message

- **-V**, **--version**

  print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

Debug flags are: g - Mime.types parser traces l - Mime.types lexical analyzer traces 0-9 - Set debugging level

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to \<bug-mailutils@gnu.org\>.\
 GNU Mailutils home page: \<http://mailutils.org\>\
 General help using GNU software: \<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007-2024 Free Software Foundation, inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later \<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html\>\
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO

The complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the **mailutils-doc** package is installed, the command

-

  **info mailutils**

should give you access to the complete manual.\
 You can also find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:\
 https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.\
 Please note this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian mailutils packagers. Do not file bugs for its content to the GNU Mailutils upstream authors.