mime-extension
Find the file extensions associated with mime-type on a Linux systems.
Note that the reverse query - going from extension to mime-type can be achieved using the xdg-mime command-line tool. You can go from the contents of a file to a mime-type using the file command with file -b --mime-type $FILE.
Motivation
There appears to be no standard script to perform this function but a solution and script is provided on stack exchange by Kamil Maciorowski. I needed this functionality, and where possible I prefer my solutions to work on any computer and be easily installed so I am packaging this as a script.
Additionally, the solution in stack overflow is based upon /etc/mime.types but I think most desktop environmenets now use the XML files /usr/share/mime combined with ~/.local/share/mime for this information.
Installation
You can install mime-extension using pipx:
pipx install mime-extension
Usage
mime-extension text/html
Note that there are often multiple file extensions.
Support this tool
If you like this tool you could give me money ($1 maybe) on my ko-fi.
You could also look at some of the other command-line tools I have created.
About me
I am @readwithai I make tools for reading, research and agency often using Obsidian.
I also produce a stream of tools related to the work I do on this.
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