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| author | Marcin Chrzanowski <m@m-chrzan.xyz> | 2026-02-01 22:03:08 +0100 |
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| committer | Marcin Chrzanowski <m@m-chrzan.xyz> | 2026-02-01 22:03:08 +0100 |
| commit | 4c89df889ec0c33c89e2c787dbed1bfe4449c07c (patch) | |
| tree | 8ff20fade3b2178082a1f2c5817095e22d191c1a /xdg-open.md | |
| parent | e1262c7eb2aa3ab968876eef979120a99856ea5b (diff) | |
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diff --git a/xdg-open.md b/xdg-open.md index a688517..6113679 100644 --- a/xdg-open.md +++ b/xdg-open.md @@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ to open it. The local database for applications to use is in `~/.config/mimeapps.list`. Need a `.desktop` file, which can be created under `~/.local/share/applications/`. +## Checking the database + + # Looks up program to open mime type + xdg-mime query default <mime type> + # Looks up mime type of file + xdg-mime query filetype <file> + ## Setting defaults Easiest to do with `mimeopen` (from `perl-file-mimeinfo` on Arch): |