Display image command line in Windows 10 using IrfanView

Question

I'm using windows 10, connected to a server using bash. This server runs unix and it have eog and gwenview to display images. I can't use this programs in windows, so I was looking for one that does the same in windows. I tried IrfanView but I don't know how to use it, I don't get the commands. Like in Unix was something like: eog xxxxx.png and then the image was displayed. How can I do that in windows? Thank you so much!!!

EDIT: In Unix server I get this error when trying to display:

display-im6.q16: unable to open X server `' @ error/display.c/DisplayImageCommand/432.

I want to display the image from the unix server but I'm running it in a Windows 10 computer.

Answer 1

I interpret your requirements in the following way: You want to display an image file that is stored on the UNIX server on your local Windows system.

Please clarify in the question what connection you use to access the UNIX server.

You have several options:

• Transfer the image file to your Windows system and display it with an image viewer program running on Windows. If you use an SSH connection you might use a program like WinSCP. This is probably the easier solution.
• If your connection allows to tunnel data you can use it to show the output of an image viewer program running on the UNIX system in one of several ways
  • Run an X server on your Windows system and use X forwarding to tunnel the X connection to the Windows system.
  • Run an X server with a virtual display (e.g. Xvnc) on the UNIX server use a corresponding viewer on your Windows system.