User Commands                                         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 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 user's default
     browser

     xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png




xdg-utils 1.0        Last change: 06/24/2007                    1






User Commands                                         XDG-OPEN(1)



     Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user's
     default image viewing application.

AUTHOR
     Kevin Krammer, Jeremy White.
     
     
















































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