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XDG-OPEN(1) xdg-open Manual XDG-OPEN(1)

NAME

xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application

SYNOPSIS

xdg-open {file | URL}
xdg-open {--help | --manual | --version}

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

--help
Show command synopsis.
--manual
Show this manual page.
--version
Show the xdg-utils version information.

EXIT CODES

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.

EXAMPLES

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.

AUTHORS

Kevin Krammer
Author.
Jeremy White
Author.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006
 
05/25/2018 xdg-utils 1.0