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# imv

> CLI image viewer for wayland and X11 aimed at tiling window managers.
> Handles multiple formats including Photoshop (PSD).
> More information: <https://sr.ht/~exec64/imv>.

- View multiple images:

`imv {{path/to/image1.ext path/to/image2.ext ...}}`

- View in fullscreen mode:

`imv -f {{path/to/image.ext}}`

- View images [r]ecursively from a path:

`imv -r --slideshow {{path/to/path}}`

- Open multiple images via `stdin`:

`find . -type f -name "{{*.svg}}" | imv`

- Make a slideshow from a directory showing each image for 10 seconds:

`imv -t 10 {{path/to/directory}}`

- View multiple images from the web:

`curl -Osw '%{filename_effective}
' '{{http://www.example.com/[1-10].jpg}}' | imv`
