mimedb (1) Linux Manual Page
mimedb – lookup file information via the mime database
Synopsis
mimedb [OPTIONS] FILES…Description
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- FILES is a list of files to analyse
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- -t, –input-file-data the specified files type should be determined both by their filename and by their contents (Default)
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- -f, –input-filename the specified files type should be determined by their filename
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- -i, –input-mime the arguments are not files but mimetypes
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- -m, –output-mime the output will be the mimetype of each file (Default)
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- -f, –output-description the output will be the description of each mimetype
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- -a, –output-action the output will be the default action of each mimetype
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- -l, –launch launch the default action for the specified file(s)
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- -h, –help display a help message and exit
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- -v, –version display version number and exit
The mimedb command is used to query the mimetype database and the .desktop files installed on the system in order to find information on a file. The information that mimedb can retrieve includes the mimetype for a file, a description of the type and what its default action is. mimedb can also be used to launch the default action for this file.