run-mailcap
Open files using mailcap MIME type entries
TLDR
View a file using mailcap entry
$ run-mailcap --action=view [path/to/file]
Edit a file using mailcap entry$ run-mailcap --action=edit [path/to/file]
Print a file using mailcap entry$ run-mailcap --action=print [path/to/file]
Cat a file to stdout using copiousoutput rules$ run-mailcap --action=cat [path/to/file]
Run with debug information$ run-mailcap --action=view --debug [path/to/file]
Display command without executing$ run-mailcap --action=view --norun [path/to/file]
SYNOPSIS
run-mailcap [--action=action] [--option[=value]] [MIME-TYPE:[ENCODING:]]FILE [...]
DESCRIPTION
run-mailcap executes programs via entries in the mailcap file based on MIME types. It selects appropriate handlers for viewing, editing, printing, or composing files.The mailcap database maps MIME types to applications, enabling automatic file handling based on content type. The commands see, edit, compose, and print are aliases that default to the view, edit, compose, and print actions respectively.
PARAMETERS
--action=action
Action to perform: view, cat, compose, composetyped, edit, print. The cat action uses only copiousoutput rules and sends output to stdout.--debug
Display diagnostic output for troubleshooting--nopager
Ignore copiousoutput directive and send output directly to stdout--norun
Display the command that would be executed without running it
INSTALL
yay -S run-mailcap
CAVEATS
Behavior depends on mailcap configuration. Some MIME types may not have configured handlers.
HISTORY
Part of mime-support package, providing MIME type handling utilities based on RFC 1524 mailcap specification.