xdg-open(1)

1XDG-OPEN(1)                                                        XDG-OPEN(1)
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NAME

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

9       xdg-open {file URL}
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11       xdg-open {--help --manual --version}
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DESCRIPTION

14       xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application. If a
15       URL is provided the URL will be opened in the user's preferred web
16       browser. If a file is provided the file will be opened in the preferred
17       application for files of that type. xdg-open supports file, ftp, http
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20       xdg-open is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not
21       recommended to use xdg-open as root.
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OPTIONS

24       --help Show command synopsis.
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26       --manual
27              Show this manualpage.
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30              Show the xdg-utils version information.
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EXIT CODES

33       An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code
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36       1      Error in command line syntax.
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38       2      One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
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EXAMPLES

45       xdg-open 'http://www.freedesktop.org/'
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47       Opens the Freedesktop.org website in the user's default browser
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51       Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user's default image
52       viewing application.
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FILES

55       /usr/share/applications/defaults.list ~/.local/share/applications
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AUTHOR

61       Kevin Krammer, Jeremy White.
62       <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
63       <jwhite@codeweavers.com>
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67xdg-utils 1.0                     06/24/2007                       XDG-OPEN(1)