NAME
run-mailcap, view, see, edit, compose, print - execute programs via
entries in the mailcap file
SYNOPSIS
run-mailcap --action=ACTION [--option[=value]] [MIME-
TYPE:[ENCODING:]]FILE [...]
The see, edit, compose and print versions are just aliases that default
to the view, edit, compose, and print actions (respectively).
DESCRIPTION
run-mailcap (or any of its aliases) will use the given action to
process each mime-type/file in turn. Each file is specified as its
mime-type, its encoding (e.g. compression), and filename together,
separated by colons. If the mime-type is omitted, an attempt to
determine the type is made by trying to match the file’s extension with
those in the mime.types files. If the encoding is omitted, it will
also be determined from the file’s extensions. Currently supported
encodings are gzip (.gz), bzip (.bz), bzip2 (.bz2), and compress (.Z).
A filename of "-" can be used to mean "standard input", but then a
mime-type must be specified.
Both the user’s files (~/.mailcap; ~/.mime.types) and the system files
(/etc/mailcap; /etc/mime.types) are searched in turn for information.
EXAMPLES
see picture.jpg
print output.ps.gz
compose text/html:index.htm
extract-mail-attachment msg.txt | see image/tiff:gzip:-
OPTIONS
All options are in the form --<opt>=<value>.
--action=<action>
Performs the specified action on the files. Valid actions are
view, cat (like view but never paged) , compose, composetyped,
edit and print. If no action is specified, the action will be
determined by how the program was called.
--debug
Turns on extra information to find out what is happening.
--nopager
Ignores any "copiousoutput" directive and sends output to
STDOUT.
--norun
Displays the found command without actually executing it.
SEE ALSO
update-mime(8)
AUTHOR
run-mailcap (and its aliases) was written by Brian White
<bcwhite@pobox.com>.
COPYRIGHT
run-mailcap (and its aliases) is in the public domain (the only true
"free").