## NAME

xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user*(Aqs preferred application

## SYNOPSIS

xdg-open {file | URL}

xdg-open {--help | --manual | --version}

## DESCRIPTION

xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user*(Aqs preferred application. If a URL is provided the URL will be opened in the user*(Aqs preferred web browser. If a file is provided the file will be opened in the preferred application for files of that type. xdg-open supports file, ftp, http and https URLs.

xdg-open is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use xdg-open as root.

## OPTIONS

--help

Show command synopsis.

--manual

Show this manual page.

--version

Show the xdg-utils version information.

## EXIT CODES

An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:

1

Error in command line syntax.

2

One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.

3

A required tool could not be found.

4

The action failed.

## EXAMPLES

    xdg-open *(Aqhttp://www.freedesktop.org/*(Aq

Opens the freedesktop.org website in the user*(Aqs default browser.

    xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png

Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user*(Aqs default image viewing application.

## AUTHORS

Kevin Krammer

Author.

Jeremy White

Author.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006