xdg-open Command Examples

Open a file or URL in the user's preferred application. More information: https://portland.freedesktop.org/doc/xdg-open.html.

• Open the current directory in the default file explorer:

xdg-open .

• Open a URL in the default browser:

xdg-open {{https://example.com}}

• Open an image in the default image viewer:

xdg-open {{path/to/image}}

• Open a PDF in the default PDF viewer:

xdg-open {{path/to/pdf}}

• Display help:

xdg-open --help