---
name: "showpicture"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "metamail"
version: "2.7-54"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/showpicture"
---

# showpicture(1)

View an image received in the mail

## NAME

showpicture - View an image received in the mail

## SYNOPSIS

**showpicture**  \[-viewer program-name\] file-name(s)\

## DESCRIPTION

The *showpicture* program will allow a user on a properly-equipped workstation to view a picture using the xloadimage(1) program.  It is intended to be called from mailcap files, typically by the [metamail(1)](/metamail/1.md) program.

By default, the program used to display pictures under X11 is "xloadimage -view -quiet -geometry +1+1".  This can be overridden either by the environment variable X\_VIEWER or by the -viewer command line option.

## SEE ALSO

[metamail(1)](/metamail/1.md)

## BUGS

Doesn't do much if you're not running X11.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore)

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## AUTHOR

Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore