mime linux

sudo pacman -S perl-file-mimeinfo

provides mimeopen,mimetype

mimetype .fileextension

example:

$ mimetype.py

.py:   text/x-python
 

pkg xdg-utils   has xdg-open and xdg-mime

xdg-mime query filetype photo.jpeg

xdg-mime query default image/jpeg

xdg-mime default feh.desktop image/jpeg

 env XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL=10  xdg-mime query default text/html

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https://github.com/supplantr/busking

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/busking-git/ 

cp config $HOME/.config/busking/config

@^(https?://|www\.) = $BROWSER
image/              = imv
video/              = mpv
audio/              = mpv
text/               = nvim::alacritty
application/pdf     = zathura
inode/directory     = ranger?:alacritty
  

src

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xdg-utils

https://man.archlinux.org/man/xdg-mime.1

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my new mime for pcmanfm on alpine

 cat .config/mimeapps.list 

[Removed Associations]

[Added Associations]
application/pdf=org.pwmt.zathura.desktop;
audio/mpeg=mpv.desktop;
audio/ogg=mpv.desktop;
audio/aac=mpv.desktop
audio/ac3=mpv.desktop
audio/AMR=mpv.desktop
audio/flac=mpv.desktop
audio/m4a=mpv.desktop
audio/mp1=mpv.desktop
audio/mp2=mpv.desktop
audio/mp3=mpv.desktop
audio/mp4=mpv.desktop
audio/mpeg=mpv.desktop
audio/mpegurl=mpv.desktop
audio/mpg=mpv.desktop
audio/ogg=mpv.desktop
audio/rn-mpeg=mpv.desktop
audio/scpls=mpv.desktop
audio/vnd.rn-realaudio=mpv.desktop
audio/wav=mpv.desktop
audio/x-aac=mpv.desktop
audio/x-ape=mpv.desktop
audio/x-flac=mpv.desktop
audio/x-m4a=mpv.desktop
audio/x-mp1=mpv.desktop
audio/x-mp2=mpv.desktop
audio/x-mp3=mpv.desktop
audio/x-mpeg=mpv.desktop
audio/x-mpegurl=mpv.desktop
audio/x-mpg=mpv.desktop
audio/x-ms-wma=mpv.desktop
audio/x-pls=mpv.desktop
audio/x-pn-realaudio=mpv.desktop
audio/x-pn-windows-pcm=mpv.desktop
audio/x-realaudio=mpv.desktop
audio/x-scpls=mpv.desktop
audio/x-shorten=mpv.desktop
audio/x-tta=mpv.desktop
audio/x-vorbis+ogg=mpv.desktop
audio/x-wav=mpv.desktop
audio/x-wavpack=mpv.desktop
video/mp2t=mpv.desktop
video/mp4=mpv.desktop
video/mpeg=mpv.desktop
video/msvideo=mpv.desktop
video/ogg=mpv.desktop
video/quicktime=mpv.desktop
video/vnd.rn-realvideo=mpv.desktop
video/webm=mpv.desktop
video/x-avi=mpv.desktop
video/x-fli=mpv.desktop
video/x-flv=mpv.desktop
video/x-matroska=mpv.desktop
video/x-mpeg2=mpv.desktop
video/x-mpeg=mpv.desktop
video/x-ms-afs=mpv.desktop
video/x-ms-asf=mpv.desktop
video/x-msvideo=mpv.desktop
video/x-ms-wmv=mpv.desktop
video/x-ms-wmx=mpv.desktop
video/x-ms-wvxvideo=mpv.desktop
video/x-ogm+ogg=mpv.desktop
video/x-theora=mpv.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/https= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/chrome= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop;
text/html= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-htm= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-html= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-shtml= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop;
application/xhtml+xml= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-xhtml= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-xht= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop;

[Default Applications]
x-scheme-handler/http= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop
x-scheme-handler/chrome= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop
text/html= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop
application/x-extension-htm= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop
application/x-extension-html= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop
application/x-extension-shtml= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop
application/xhtml+xml= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop
application/x-extension-xhtml= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop
application/x-extension-xht= org.mozilla.firefox.desktop

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corresponding files are need in ~/.local/share/applications/

ls .local/share/applications/
foot-server.desktop             gtk3-icon-browser.desktop       mpv.desktop                     pcmanfm.desktop
foot.desktop                    lxshortcut.desktop              org.mozilla.firefox.desktop     userapp-Firefox-6S35G1.desktop
footclient.desktop              mimeinfo.cache                  org.pwmt.zathura.desktop

 copy desktop files from /usr/share/applications if not available 

ls /usr/share/applications/
foot-server.desktop                 htop.desktop                        lxshortcut.desktop                  org.mozilla.firefox-safe.desktop    pcmanfm-desktop-pref.desktop
foot.desktop                        imv-folder.desktop                  mimeinfo.cache                      org.mozilla.firefox.desktop         pcmanfm.desktop
footclient.desktop                  imv.desktop                         mpv.desktop                         org.pwmt.zathura-pdf-mupdf.desktop  xarchiver.desktop
gtk3-icon-browser.desktop           libfm-pref-apps.desktop             nvim.desktop                        org.pwmt.zathura.desktop