#FIND FILE IN TERMINAL INSTALL#
In many cases, the better solution is to download and install xdg-utils, Unfortunately, xdg-open isn't included with stock Solaris. Where appropriate, xdg-open follows the BROWSER convention. (These, in turn, find the right program to use and invoke it). There are some other programs like mimeopen. (which on KDE 4 may in turn invoke dolphin), The “real” program for GNOME is gnome-open This (and similar wrappers) were developed by the Varies widely depending on user preference. Opening program(s), but you should use xdg-open instead because The xdg-open program is just a wrapper that invokes the “real” (the name of the package is xdg-utils on at leastįedora, Debian, and Ubuntu it may have a different name on some other
This isn’t always installed, so make sure the (You can use “-a” to force a different application to run.)
#FIND FILE IN TERMINAL WINDOWS#
The related Windows commands assoc and ftype are usefulįor setting the file type (for a given file extension) and the open command “command extensions” are enabled, but as of Windows XPĪs usual, run “help start” to learn more about its options. Strictly speaking, redirection to other file-opening programs They see so many such dialogues that they've been Users typically neither understand nor care what these dialogues say, and Then you’ll be given a dialogue on whether or not to execute the file.īut this isn't very helpful in real life, because Is that if the executable came from the Internet, So forcing its use seems like an bad idea.) (Indeed, Internet Explorer has a terrible history of vulnerabilities, Users presumably made their choice for a reason, so you should respect it. Selected Internet browser, and will always use Internet Explorer instead. If you invoke explorer directly, it will ignore the user’s Many Internet sources recommend using explorer instead,īut there are good reasons to not do that. (other than implementing the command yourself).
Problem, depending on how it's used, but I haven't found a secure built-in This makes start (and explorer) a potential security I haven’t found a Windows command that will easily open files Start will execute that program, not open a viewer of it. Note that if it’s a local filename, and it’s executable, This is a built-in of cmd, so other programs can’t invoke it as “start”,īut other programs can invoke it this way: You want the start command when running a command line (cmd.exe) Of different platforms (Windows, MacOS, Linux/Unix, and Cygwin).
#FIND FILE IN TERMINAL HOW TO#
Here’s how to open files or URLs from the command line, on lots Navigating in that directory (use “.” for the current directory), You can then pass it a filename (to open that file using theĭefault application for that file type), a directory name to start
This is really handy when you’re writing a program, because these are Nearly all operating systems have a simpleĬommand to open up a file, directory, or URL from the command line. How to easily open files and URLs from the command line How to easily open files and URLs from the command line David A.