quicklook / qlmanage help

[rdyornot]

I'm trying to debug some quicklook extensions - some aren't working, I'm assuming because of conflicts etc.

I seem to remember a qlmanage command that shows you which generator/plugin will be used to view a particular file - but I can't seem to find it. Is there a way to do this?

For example - if i specify the file: something.txt i should get back /System/Library/Quicklook/Text.qlgenerator (provided this is the generator actually used to preview the file).

qlmanage -p something.txt will show the generator used if the generator is broken, but not if it is working.

Any ideas?

 

[rdyornot]

Answer

I eventually found it - the trick is to use the debug flag:

`qlmanage -p -d[1-4] file.txt`

d1 gives the least amount of data while still listing the generator used.