.TH "mimedb" 1 "8 Feb 2007" "Version 1.22.3" "fish" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
mimedb - lookup file information via the mime database
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.SS "Synopsis"
\fCmimedb [OPTIONS] FILES...\fP
.SS "Description"
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\fCFILES\fP is a list of files to analyse
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\fC-t\fP, \fC--input-file-data\fP the specified files type should be determined both by their filename and by their contents (Default)
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\fC-f\fP, \fC--input-filename\fP the specified files type should be determined by their filename
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\fC-i\fP, \fC--input-mime\fP the arguments are not files but mimetypes
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\fC-m\fP, \fC--output-mime\fP the output will be the mimetype of each file (Default)
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\fC-f\fP, \fC--output-description\fP the output will be the description of each mimetype
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\fC-a\fP, \fC--output-action\fP the output will be the default action of each mimetype
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\fC-l\fP, \fC--launch\fP launch the default action for the specified file(s)
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\fC-h\fP, \fC--help\fP display a help message and exit
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\fC-v\fP, \fC--version\fP display version number and exit
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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 retrive 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.