Man page 1 : xdg-open

xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user\*(Aqs preferred application

xdg-open {\fBfile\fR | \fBURL\fR} xdg-open {--help | --manual | --version}

xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user\*(Aqs preferred application. If a URL is provided the URL will be opened in the user\*(Aqs 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.

--help
    Show command synopsis.

--manual
    Show this manualpage.

--version
    Show the xdg-utils version information.

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.

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xdg-open \*(Aqhttp://www.freedesktop.org/\*(Aq

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Opens the Freedesktop.org website in the user\*(Aqs default browser

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xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png

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Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user\*(Aqs default image viewing application.

Kevin Krammer
    Author.

Jeremy White
    Author.

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