MIMEVIEW(1)

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version 3.21 · 8 versions
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💖 NAME 💖

mimeview — shows you files, using the mailcap mechanism. that's the whole vibe. she displays stuff. slay.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mimeview [OPTION...] FILE [FILE ...]

like. you give her options, you give her files, she does the thing. multiple files? she eats. 🔥

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

GNU mimeview — display files, using mailcap mechanism. bestie it literally opens your files for you via mailcap, no cap.

  • -a, --no-ask[=TYPE-LIST] — skip the "are you sure tho 🥺" confirmation before showing files. OR, if you pass TYPE-LIST, only skip the asking for files whose MIME type matches one of the patterns in TYPE-LIST. selective confidence. we love her.
  • -d, --debug[=FLAGS] — turn on debugging output, i.e. let her overshare. 💀
  • -f, --mimetypes=FILE — use this mime.types file instead of whatever default she was gonna grab.
  • -h, --no-interactive, --print — disable interactive mode. she stops chatting back and just does the thing.
  • -i, --[no-]identify — identify the MIME type of each file. --no-identify if you're not in the mood.
  • --metamail[=FILE] — use metamail to display files. blast from the past icon behavior.
  • -n, --[no-]dry-run — do nothing, just print what would have been done. the "manifesting" flag fr fr ✨
  • -t, --[no-]lint — test mime.types syntax and exit. just a lil syntax vibe check, then she dips.

🧚 Global debugging settings

  • --debug-level=LEVEL — set the Mailutils debugging level. dial it up, dial it down.
  • --[no-]debug-line-info — show source info alongside your debugging messages. receipts included 💅

🎀 Configuration handling

  • --config-file=FILE — load this configuration file; implies --no-config. important: loading your own file means the normal config hunt is off, periodt.
  • --config-lint — check the configuration file syntax and exit.
  • --config-verbose — verbosely log the parsing of the configuration files. she narrates. 🗣️
  • --no-config — do not load site and user configuration files.
  • --no-site-config — do not load the site-wide configuration file.
  • --no-user-config — do not load the user configuration file.
  • --set=PARAM=VALUE — set a configuration parameter. you name it, you value it.

🌈 Informational options

  • --config-help — show a 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. so like, the rules carry over. don't get caught lacking. 👑

Debug flags are: g - Mime.types parser traces, l - Mime.types lexical analyzer traces, 0-9 - Set debugging level. yes those are real and yes you can use them 🫶

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

Found a bug? tell the whole group chat, a.k.a. 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 © 2007-2025 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.

like. it's free. you can remix it. but no promises, bestie — none at all. ⚠️

🦋 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. (iykyk — complain to the right people, not the wrong ones 🙈)

and that's the whole page, babe 💜 this one came from the FSF, dated August 2026, and it's the MIMEVIEW(1) page you just read, start to finish. go display some files. mwah 🎀

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