[ale] OT Shot in the dark, cli image viewer

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Tue Feb 15 16:23:30 EST 2005


Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
> Is there anything that I can use to view an image via an ssh terminal 
> session into a *nix box (FC3)?  What I would like to have is something 
> that would allow me to type (for example) "view foo.gif" from the 
> command line, and see the picture.  Don't need to modify it, just need 
> to view it.

Depends on whether the box you're connected to will permit X forwarding. 
   Try something like:

ssh -X display foo.gif


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Until later, Geoffrey



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