xdg-open(1) - Linux man page

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/'

xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png

Author

Kevin Krammer, Jeremy White.
<kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
<jwhite@codeweavers.com>