Website-Command Line Prompt

mraghunandanan · #1 (**permalink**) 02-17-2009

Hello guys...

I am having a doubt. Please try to rectify it. I would really appreciate it.

The thing is that is it possible to open any website say for example,google from the command line prompt(terminal) if you are working in Linux-fedora...
I am very new to Unix.

regards,

Mahesh...

wempy · #2 (**permalink**) 02-17-2009

The code below uses firefox (or mozilla if you swap the commented lines around) to open the url in an already running copy, or open a new instance if it is not already running.
Debian has a www-browser object which normally points to firefox, dunno if fedora has a similiar setuo.

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#
# mozilla=/usr/bin/mozilla
mozilla=/usr/bin/firefox
if ( $mozilla -remote "ping()" &> /dev/null );then
 $mozilla -remote "openurl(http://www.google.com, new-tab)" &
else
    $mozilla http://www.google.com &
fi

mraghunandanan · #3 (**permalink**) 02-17-2009

Thanks a ton wempy...
Its really working fine for me.

I will send more doubts in future.. expecting your mutual coperation...

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