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The terminal is very fast and convenient way to quickly access directories and files (faster than find and click on the directory).

One thing that it cannot show in text-mode is "pictures".

What is a best way to view pictures (like you see images thumbnail in Nautilus) when you are working in the terminal (e.g. command nautilus or any program - but should be fast and convenient)?

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  • See also: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15771/irfanview-alternative Commented Mar 29, 2012 at 20:32
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    I just run a terminal emulator under my desktop enviroment. So you have the advantages of both at hand. Commented Mar 23, 2014 at 16:05
  • Gotta object to the close votes here as there is a substantial difference between the need to view images files from a (presumably GUI) terminal (this question) and the need to view them on the console (the other question). Commented Mar 23, 2014 at 19:50
  • I provide a list of pretty much all your options here in this Q&A: How to get JPEG thumbnails quickly Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 2:17
  • how to do it from inside the terminal askubuntu.com/questions/97542/… Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 15:37

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  • No X11 needed.
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git clone https://github.com/stolk/imcat.git ~/ cd ~/imcat make ~/imcat Your_path_of_a_pic

enter image description here

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  • Same as unix.stackexchange.com/a/440521/70524 Commented Dec 6, 2021 at 2:24
  • Yes, same tool. Just provide some information for convenience Commented Dec 6, 2021 at 3:56
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If you have ffmpeg installed, you can try the command ffplay [/path/to/your/image] &>/dev/null

&>/dev/null ignores the text output that's probably irrelevant if you just want to see the image.

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If using gnome it is as simple as typing 

$ gnome-open /path/to/photo

and it opens the image using the default image viewer that you have in your machine.

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    Already posted a few months ago: unix.stackexchange.com/a/248179/70524 Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 10:52
  • this method will be very slow, if you have many images in the same folder with that image. Commented Dec 29, 2016 at 9:09
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