xdg-open
Opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application. More information: https://portland.freedesktop.org/doc/xdg-open.html.
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Open the current directory in the default file explorer:
xdg-open . -
Open a URL in the default browser:
xdg-open {{https://example.com}} -
Open an image in the default image viewer:
xdg-open {{path/to/image}} -
Open a PDF in the default PDF viewer:
xdg-open {{path/to/pdf}} -
Display help:
xdg-open --help
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