GNU/Linux |
Debian 7.5.0(Wheezy) |
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xdg-open(1) |
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xdg-open − opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application
xdg−open {file | URL} |
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xdg−open {−−help | −−manual | −−version} |
xdg−open opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application. If a URL is provided the URL will be opened in the user's preferred web browser. If a file is provided the file will be opened in the preferred application for files of that type. xdg−open supports file, ftp, http and https URLs.
xdg−open is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use xdg−open as root.
−−help
Show command synopsis.
−−manual
Show this manual page.
−−version
Show the xdg−utils version information.
An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non−zero exit code indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:
1
Error in command line syntax.
2
One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
3
A required tool could not be found.
4
The action failed.
xdg−open 'http://www.freedesktop.org/'
Opens the freedesktop.org website in the user's default browser.
xdg−open /tmp/foobar.png
Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user's default image viewing application.
Kevin Krammer
Author.
Jeremy White
Author.
Copyright © 2006
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