How do I open a file with Chrome from the command line?

Question

I would like to open a file (index.html) in the current directory with Google Chrome or Chromium from a bash terminal (I\'m using Linux Mint 15). What is the command? I\'v

Answer 1

As others stated, the solution is to use:

google-chrome www.google.com

You can also use --incognito to open them in incognito mode:

google-chrome --incognito www.google.com

Note you can open multiple pages at the same time by just placing them one after the other:

google-chrome www.google.com www.yahoo.com

If you want to open them from a file, use the command substitution $() to open it and process on the fly:

google-chrome $(