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xdg-open

XDG-OPEN(1)															       XDG-OPEN(1)

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/'

       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.

AUTHOR

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

xdg-utils 1.0							    06/24/2007							       XDG-OPEN(1)