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## NAME
       mimeview - display files, using mailcap mechanism.

## SYNOPSIS
       **mimeview** [_OPTION_...] _FILE_ [_FILE_ ...]

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

### -a --no-ask
              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
              enable debugging output

### -f --mimetypes
              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 corre‐
       sponding 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  ©  2007-2022  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.



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