geeqie - Man Page

GTK based multiformat image viewer

Synopsis

geeqie [options] [path]

Description

Geeqie is an interactive GTK based image viewer that supports multiple image formats, zooming, panning, thumbnails and sorting images into collections.

Generated for version:

Geeqie 2.4

Valid options

--blank

start with blank file list

--cache-maintenance <path>

run cache maintenance in non-GUI mode

--disable-clutter

disable use of Clutter library (i.e. GPU accel.)

-f,  --fullscreen

start in full screen mode

--geometry=WxH+XOFF+YOFF

set main window location

-h,  --help

show this message

-l, --list [files] [collections] open collection window for command line

-n,  --new-instance

open a new instance of Geeqie *

-o:, --log-file:<file>

save log data to file

-r,  --remote

send following commands to open window

-rh,  --remote-help

print remote command list

-s,  --slideshow

start in slideshow mode

+t,  --with-tools

force show of tools

-t,  --without-tools

force hide of tools

-v,  --version

print version info

+w,  --show-log-window

show log window

--debug[=level]

turn on debug output

-g:, --grep:<regexp>

filter debug output

* Normally a single set of configuration files is used for all instances. However, the environment variables XDG_CONFIG_HOME, XDG_CACHE_HOME, XDG_DATA_HOME can be used to modify this behavior on an individual basis e.g.

XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/a XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/b geeqie

Remote command list

--action:<ACTION>

execute keyboard action (See Help/Reference/Remote Keyboard Actions)

--action-list

list available keyboard actions (some are redundant)

-b   --back

previous image

--close-window

close window

--config-load:<FILE>|layout ID

load configuration from FILE

-cm  --cache-metadata

clean the metadata cache

-cr: --cache-render:<folder>

render thumbnails

-crr: --cache-render-recurse:<folder>

render thumbnails recursively

-crs: --cache-render-shared:<folder>

render thumbnails (see Help)

-crsr: --cache-render-shared-recurse:<folder>

render thumbnails recursively (see Help)

-cs: --cache-shared:clear|clean

clear or clean shared thumbnail cache

-ct: --cache-thumbs:clear|clean

clear or clean thumbnail cache

-d   --delay=<[H:][M:][N][.M]>

set slide show delay to Hrs Mins N.M seconds

--first

first image

-f   --fullscreen

toggle full screen

--file:<FILE>|<URL>

open FILE or URL, bring Geeqie window to the top

--File:<FILE>|<URL>

open FILE or URL, do not bring Geeqie window to the top

-fs  --fullscreen-start

start full screen

-fS  --fullscreen-stop

stop full screen

--geometry=<GEOMETRY>

set window geometry

--get-collection:<COLLECTION>

get collection content

--get-collection-list

get collection list

--get-destination:<FILE>

get destination path of FILE (See Plugins Configuration)

--get-file-info

get file info

--get-filelist:[<FOLDER>]

get list of files and class

--get-filelist-recurse:[<FOLDER>]

get list of files and class recursive

--get-rectangle

get rectangle co-ordinates

--get-render-intent

get render intent

--get-selection

get list of selected files

--get-sidecars:<FILE>

get list of sidecars of FILE

--get-window-list

get window list

--id:<ID>

window id for following commands

--last

last image

--list-add:<FILE>

add FILE to command line collection list

--list-clear

clear command line collection list

--lua:<FILE>,<lua script>

run lua script on FILE

--new-window

new window

-n   --next

next image

--pixel-info

print pixel info of mouse pointer on current image

--print0

terminate returned data with null character instead of newline

--PWD:<PWD>

use PWD as working directory for following commands

-q   --quit

quit

--raise

bring the Geeqie window to the top

--selection-add:[<FILE>]

adds the current file (or the specified file) to the current selection

--selection-clear

clears the current selection

--selection-remove:[<FILE>]

removes the current file (or the specified file) from the current selection

-s   --slideshow

toggle slide show

--slideshow-recurse:<FOLDER>

start recursive slide show in FOLDER

-ss  --slideshow-start

start slide show

-sS  --slideshow-stop

stop slide show

--tell

print filename [and Collection] of current image

+t   --tools-show

show tools

-t   --tools-hide

hide tools

--view:<FILE>

open FILE in new window

All other command line parameters are used as plain files if they exist.

The name of a collection, with or without either path or extension (.gqv) may be used.

Bugs

Please send bug reports and feedback to https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues

See Also

Full documentation: https://www.geeqie.org/help/GuideIndex.html

Info

March 2024 Geeqie 2.4 GTK3