question on executing executable in mailcap

Ranjan Maitra via Mutt-users <[email protected]> Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:08:18 -0500

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Hi,

I have the following in my $HOME/.mailcap file:

application/pdf;                   mutt_bgrun "${PDFVIEWER:-zathura}" %s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"; nametemplate=%s.pdf; description="PDF Document"

So this uses mutt_bgrun which is a shell script in my $HOME/bin

However, when I try to see the attachment I get:

 sh: line 1: mutt_bgrun: command not found
 Press any key to continue...

What am I doing incorrectly?

How do I get the $HOME/bin file to be included?

As an aside, are there any awesome mailcaps out there that long-term users would be willing to point to? My needs at this point are fairly standard.

Many thanks,
Ranjan