Linux equivalent of the Mac OS X “open” command [closed]

Answer 1

Under Gnome Desktop environment, I use the following command:

nautilus `pwd` &

This is similar as "open ." command in Mac

Answer 2

gnome-open

Answer 3

If you have your mimes setup correctly, you can use mimeopen. Check out its man page, since it has some useful options.

Answer 4

Traditionally, you can use the "see" command. Which just uses run-mailcap. This will work without Gnome and X etc.

man see

Answer 5

I just sorted this out myself so thought I would write down how I did it, which is specifically relevant to what Suan asked. These steps allow you just type "open " and not your terminal covered in messages you don't need:

Create a script called open in ~/bin, the content is just:

xdg-open "$1" &> /dev/null &

Save and close the script, then type "source .profile" (or .bash_profile if relevant). Thats it so typing "open Music" will open your music folder in the nautilus GUI and shouldn't enter anything onto your terminal.

Answer 6

You could try xdg-open, most Linux distros have it. It will open default associated app for your file.

FYI https://portland.freedesktop.org/doc/xdg-open.html