wsl-open Command Examples

Open a file or URL from within Windows Subsystem for Linux in the user's default Windows GUI application. More information: https://gitlab.com/4U6U57/wsl-open.

• Open the current directory in Windows Explorer:

wsl-open {{.}}

• Open a URL in the user's default web browser in Windows:

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

• Open a specific file in the user's default application in Windows:

wsl-open {{path\to\file}}

• Set wsl-open as the shell's web browser (open links with wsl-open):

wsl-open -w

• Display help:

wsl-open -h