NAME
mimedb - lookup file information via the mime database
Synopsis
mimedb [OPTIONS] FILES...
Description
· FILES is a list of files to analyse
· -t, --input-file-data the specified files type should be determined
both by their filename and by their contents (Default)
· -f, --input-filename the specified files type should be determined by
their filename
· -i, --input-mime the arguments are not files but mimetypes
· -m, --output-mime the output will be the mimetype of each file
(Default)
· -f, --output-description the output will be the description of each
mimetype
· -a, --output-action the output will be the default action of each
mimetype
· -l, --launch launch the default action for the specified file(s)
· -h, --help display a help message and exit
· -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.