NAME
xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the users preferred application
SYNOPSIS
xdg-open {file URL}
xdg-open {--help --manual --version} | |
DESCRIPTION
xdg-open opens a file or URL in the users preferred application. If a URL is provided the URL will be opened in the users 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 manualpage. | |
--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 users default browser
xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png
Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the users default image viewing application.
AUTHOR
Kevin Krammer, Jeremy White. <kevin.krammer@gmx.at> <jwhite@codeweavers.com>