man xdg-open (1): 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 manual page.

--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:

: Error in command line syntax.

: One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.

: A required tool could not be found.

: 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

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

AUTHORS

Kevin Krammer

: Author.

Jeremy White

: Author.

COPYRIGHT

NOTES

1.

MIME applications associations specification

: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/mime-apps-spec/