sxiv

Open an image

$ sxiv path/to/image

$ sxiv -f path/to/image

$ echo path/to/file | sxiv -i

$ sxiv -S 3 path/to/image1 path/to/image2

$ sxiv -t path/to/images/*

$ sxiv -r path/to/directory

sxiv [options] FILE...

sxiv is a simple image viewer for X. It has two modes: image mode for displaying individual images and thumbnail mode for selecting from a grid view. It supports keyboard navigation, zooming, rotation, and slideshow functionality.

-f

Start in fullscreen mode

Do not show info bar at bottom

Start in thumbnail mode

Read file list from stdin

Search directories recursively for images

Write marked files to stdout on exit

Play animations of multi-frame images

Set animation framerate

Set scale mode (d=down, f=fit, F=fill, w=width, h=height)

Set zoom level as percentage

Set window geometry (WxH+X+Y)

Set gamma correction (-32 to 32)

Start slideshow with specified interval

Start at image number NUM

Clean thumbnail cache

Suppress warnings

Requires an EWMH/NetWM compliant window manager for fullscreen functionality. Thumbnail cache is stored in $XDGCACHEHOME/sxiv/. Custom key handlers can be defined in $XDGCONFIGHOME/sxiv/exec/key-handler.

sxiv (Simple X Image Viewer) was created as a lightweight alternative to heavier image viewers, focusing on speed and keyboard-driven operation.

feh(1), imv(1), nsxiv(1)