{ "mode": "man", "parameter": "mimeview", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mimeview/1/json", "generated": "2026-06-15T13:39:44Z", "synopsis": "mimeview [OPTION...] FILE [FILE ...]", "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "mimeview - display files, using mailcap mechanism.\n", "subsections": [] }, "SYNOPSIS": { "content": "mimeview [OPTION...] FILE [FILE ...]\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "GNU mimeview -- display files, using mailcap mechanism.\n", "subsections": [ { "name": "-a --no-ask", "content": "do not ask for confirmation before displaying files, or, if TYPE-LIST is given, do not\nask for confirmation before displaying such files whose MIME type matches one of the\npatterns from TYPE-LIST\n", "flag": "-a", "long": "--no-ask" }, { "name": "-d --debug", "content": "enable debugging output\n", "flag": "-d", "long": "--debug" }, { "name": "-f --mimetypes", "content": "use this mime.types file\n", "flag": "-f", "long": "--mimetypes" }, { "name": "-h --no-interactive --print", "content": "disable interactive mode\n", "flag": "-h", "long": "--print" }, { "name": "-i --[no-]identify", "content": "identify MIME type of each file\n\n--metamail[=FILE]\nuse metamail to display files\n", "flag": "-i" }, { "name": "-n --[no-]dry-run", "content": "do nothing, just print what would have been done\n", "flag": "-n" }, { "name": "-t --[no-]lint", "content": "test mime.types syntax and exit\n\nGlobal debugging settings\n\n--debug-level=LEVEL\nset Mailutils debugging level\n\n--[no-]debug-line-info show source info with debugging messages\n\nConfiguration handling\n\n--config-file=FILE\nload this configuration file; implies --no-config\n", "flag": "-t" }, { "name": "--config-lint", "content": "check configuration file syntax and exit\n", "long": "--config-lint" }, { "name": "--config-verbose", "content": "verbosely log parsing of the configuration files\n", "long": "--config-verbose" }, { "name": "--no-config", "content": "do not load site and user configuration files\n", "long": "--no-config" }, { "name": "--no-site-config", "content": "do not load site-wide configuration file\n", "long": "--no-site-config" }, { "name": "--no-user-config", "content": "do not load user configuration file\n\n--set=PARAM=VALUE\nset configuration parameter\n\nInformational options\n", "long": "--no-user-config" }, { "name": "--config-help", "content": "show configuration file summary\n", "long": "--config-help" }, { "name": "--show-config-options", "content": "show compilation options\n\n-?, --help\ngive this help list\n", "long": "--show-config-options" }, { "name": "--usage", "content": "give a short usage message\n", "long": "--usage" }, { "name": "-V --version", "content": "print program version\n\nMandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corre‐\nsponding short options.\n\nDebug flags are: g - Mime.types parser traces l - Mime.types lexical analyzer traces 0-9 -\nSet debugging level\n", "flag": "-V", "long": "--version" } ] }, "REPORTING BUGS": { "content": "Report bugs to .\nGNU Mailutils home page: \nGeneral help using GNU software: \n", "subsections": [] }, "COPYRIGHT": { "content": "Copyright © 2007-2022 Free Software Foundation, inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or\nlater \nThis is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to\nthe extent permitted by law.\n", "subsections": [] }, "SEE ALSO": { "content": "The complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the mailutils-\ndoc package is installed, the command\n\ninfo mailutils\n\nshould give you access to the complete manual.\nYou can also find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:\nhttps://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.\nPlease note this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian mailutils packagers. Do\nnot file bugs for its content to the GNU Mailutils upstream authors.\n\n\n\nFSF January 2022 MIMEVIEW(1)", "subsections": [] } }, "summary": "mimeview - display files, using mailcap mechanism.", "flags": [ { "flag": "-a", "long": "--no-ask", "arg": null, "description": "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" }, { "flag": "-d", "long": "--debug", "arg": null, "description": "enable debugging output" }, { "flag": "-f", "long": "--mimetypes", "arg": null, "description": "use this mime.types file" }, { "flag": "-h", "long": "--print", "arg": null, "description": "disable interactive mode" }, { "flag": "-i", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "identify MIME type of each file --metamail[=FILE] use metamail to display files" }, { "flag": "-n", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "do nothing, just print what would have been done" }, { "flag": "-t", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "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" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--config-lint", "arg": null, "description": "check configuration file syntax and exit" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--config-verbose", "arg": null, "description": "verbosely log parsing of the configuration files" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--no-config", "arg": null, "description": "do not load site and user configuration files" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--no-site-config", "arg": null, "description": "do not load site-wide configuration file" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--no-user-config", "arg": null, "description": "do not load user configuration file --set=PARAM=VALUE set configuration parameter Informational options" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--config-help", "arg": null, "description": "show configuration file summary" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--show-config-options", "arg": null, "description": "show compilation options -?, --help give this help list" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--usage", "arg": null, "description": "give a short usage message" }, { "flag": "-V", "long": "--version", "arg": null, "description": "print program version Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corre‐ sponding short options. Debug flags are: g - Mime.types parser traces l - Mime.types lexical analyzer traces 0-9 - Set debugging level" } ], "examples": [], "see_also": [] }