mimeview1

Usage

Overview

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