Open web page link from command prompt: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:19, 13 January 2018

xdg-open http://google.com

dosen't work from RPI termainal

There's a command that knows about your default browser:

xdg-open http://google.com

This will also work for every other type of URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), like images - which will automatically open with eog, openoffice documents, and so on, and also on filesystem paths (xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png).

There is also

xdg-email team@stackexchange.com

and

xdg-mime query default text/html

To find out what application is going to be used.

You can set your preffered application by going to System → Preferences → Preferred Applications:

File:WxhBW.png

These utilities are part of the freedesktop.org specification, so you can use them in your applications - and it's going to work on all of the desktops that adhere to the spec.

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 dosen't work from RPI termainal
+There's a command that knows about your default browser:
+ xdg-open http://google.com
+This will also work for every other type of URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), like images - which will automatically open with eog, openoffice documents, and so on, and also on filesystem paths (xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png).
+There is also
+ xdg-email team@stackexchange.com
+and
+ xdg-mime query default text/html
+To find out what application is going to be used.
+You can set your preffered application by going to System → Preferences → Preferred Applications:
+[[File:WxhBW.png]]
+These utilities are part of the freedesktop.org specification, so you can use them in your applications - and it's going to work on all of the desktops that adhere to the spec.