xdg-mime

linux

Query and manage MIME types according to the XDG standard.

Examples (4)

Display the MIME type of a file

xdg-mime query filetype path/to/file

Display the default application for opening PNGs

xdg-mime query default image/png

Display the default application for opening a specific file

xdg-mime query default $(xdg-mime query filetype path/to/file)

Set imv as the default application for opening PNG and JPEG images

xdg-mime default imv.desktop image/png image/jpeg