Open an .html file with default browser using Bash on Mac

Question

So, this is what I need :

Let\'s say I have an index.html file.

How do I tell the terminal to open it using the default browser?

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Answer 1

To open the filename.html in the default browser use :

open filename.html

open is a very good command as well as a feature of Mac OS that makes me fall in love with it more deeper. It automatically chooses the appropriate default app to open the file.

And in case you want to open a file in your desired app rather then default :

open -a /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app filename.html

The backslash \ after Google is used to escape the space character.

Alternatively you can write :

open -a "/Applications/Google Chrome.app" filename.html

Hope this helps you ( I know I am very late ) and others !!!.