xdg-open
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xdg-open (alias open)is a linux destop utility to open a file with a prefered program.
don’t know what xdg means, x desktop gnome?
1. usage
xdg-open duckduckgo.com
open ~/file.txt
2. setting default program
xdg-mime default xx.desktop inode/directory
This would create an entry like
[Default Applications] application/pdf=xpdf.desktop
in ~/.conifg/mimeapps.list
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linux
linux (GNU/linux) is a unix-like operating system, where:
- linux(linux-libre) kernel
is necessarily present, and:
- unix-like shell (bash,zsh,fish,sh)
- FOSS software/content (with GPL, APEX, MIT, CC)
are very likely to be present.