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Sxiv

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Reference:man.archlinux.org

Usage

a simple image viewer for X.

shell

sxiv OPTIONS TARGET

Option	Description
`-a`	Play animations of multi-frame images.
`-b`	Do not show info bar on bottom of window.
`-f`	Start in fullscreen mode.
`-i`	Read names of files to open from standard input. Also done if FILE is `-`.
`-p`	Enable private mode, in which sxiv does not write any cache or temporary files.
`-q`	Be quiet, disable warnings to standard error stream.
`-r`	Search the given directories recursively for images to view.
`-t`	Start in thumbnail mode.
`-Z`	The same as `-z 100`.
`-z`	Set zoom level to ZOOM percent.

Shortcut	Description
`q`	Quit sxiv.
`return`	Switch to thumbnail mode / open selected image in image mode.
`f`	Toggle fullscreen mode.
`b`	Toggle visibility of info bar on bottom of window.
`g`	Go to the first image.
`G`	Go to the last image.
`r`	Reload image.
`Ctrl-space`	Play/stop animations of multi-frame images.
`arrow`	Scroll image.
`+`	Zoom in.
`-`	Zoom out.
`n` `space`	Next image.
`p` `backspace`	Previous image.
`=`	Set zoom level to 100%.
`W`	Fit image to window.

Set background and foreground colors on ~/.Xresources:

txt

*background: #383c4a
*foreground: #cdd1dc

Apply changes with xrdb ~/.Xresources.

Open directory using the thumbnail mode.

shell

sxiv -t directory/

Randomize images.

shell

printf '%s\0' * | shuf -z | xargs -r0 sxiv