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\section mimedb mimedb - lookup file information via the mime database

\subsection mimedb-synopsis Synopsis
<tt>mimedb [OPTIONS] FILES...</tt>

\subsection mimedb-description Description

- \c FILES is a list of files to analyse
- \c -t, \c --input-file-data the specified files type should be determined both by their filename and by their contents (Default)
- \c -f, \c --input-filename the specified files type should be determined by their filename
- \c -i, \c --input-mime the arguments are not files but mimetypes
- \c -m, \c --output-mime the output will be the mimetype of each file (Default)
- \c -f, \c --output-description the output will be the description of each mimetype
- \c -a, \c --output-action the output will be the default action of each mimetype
- \c -l, \c --launch launch the default action for the specified file(s)
- \c -h, \c --help display a help message and exit
- \c -v, \c --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.