XDG\-OPEN
Section: xdg-open Manual (1)
Updated: 01/27/2021
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NAME
xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application
SYNOPSIS
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xdg-open {file | URL}
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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
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Show command synopsis.
--manual
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Show this manual page.
--version
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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
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Error in command line syntax.
2
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One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
3
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A required tool could not be found.
4
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The action failed.
SEE ALSO
xdg-mime(1),
xdg-settings(1),
m[blue]MIME applications associations specificationm[][1]
EXAMPLES
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xdg-open 'http://www.freedesktop.org/'
Opens the freedesktop.org website in the user's default browser.
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xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png
Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user's default image viewing application.
AUTHORS
Kevin Krammer
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Author.
Jeremy White
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Author.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2006
NOTES
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MIME applications associations specification
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http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/mime-apps-spec/