xdg-open

Opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application.

More information.

• 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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