Name
xdg-open — opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application
Synopsis
xdg-open  { --help  |   --manual  |   --version }
Description
      xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application.
      If a URL is provided the URL will be opened in the user's 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 manualpage.
	  
- --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 'http://www.freedesktop.org/'
      Opens the Freedesktop.org website in the user's default browser
    
xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png
      Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user's default image
      viewing application.