The latest articles on DEV Community by Chalist (@chalist). https://dev.to/chalist https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F228273%2Ff7973933-c090-49a4-95a0-9907930c836e.jpeg https://dev.to/chalist en Chalist Sun, 12 May 2024 17:44:47 +0000 https://dev.to/chalist/changing-default-application-j01 https://dev.to/chalist/changing-default-application-j01 <p>Changing default application is so easy in Arch-based Linux.</p> <p>Maybe work for other distros.</p> <p>Just open this file with your text editor:</p> <p><code>~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list</code></p> <p>Add your mime type and default application. For example, for URLs you can use these lines:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>[Default Applications] x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop </code></pre> </div> <h1> Finding mime-type </h1> <p>Finding any file's mime type is easy.</p> <ul> <li>If you use linux, you can use <code>file</code> command: </li> </ul> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="nv">$ </span>file <span class="nt">--mime-type</span> data.json data.json: application/json <span class="nv">$ </span>file <span class="nt">--mime-type</span> w1.png w1.png: image/png </code></pre> </div> <p>or you can use <code>-i</code> switch:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="nv">$ </span>file <span class="nt">-i</span> w1.png w1.png: image/png<span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">charset</span><span class="o">=</span>binary </code></pre> </div> <ul> <li>Also you can use online applications. For example <a href="https://mimetype.io/">https://mimetype.io/</a>.</li> </ul> <p>search file extension in the top menu search box or upload your file:</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/cdn-cgi/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fwbdktm5tmb4np04rhgmm.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/cdn-cgi/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fwbdktm5tmb4np04rhgmm.png" alt="Image description" width="800" height="361"></a></p> linux archlinux