osx-like "open" in ubuntu/gnome
Johannes Behr
johannes.behr at igd.fhg.de
Mon Sep 18 10:43:45 UTC 2006
Hi,
there is a nice osx-command line tool called "open" which is for me a
real killer-app :)
from the osx-man page:
The open command opens a file (or a directory or URL), just as if
you had
double-clicked the file's icon. If no application name is
specified, the
default application as determined via LaunchServices is used to
open the
specified files.
You can specify one or more file names (or pathnames), which are inter-
preted relative to the shell or Terminal window's current working
direc-
tory. For example, the following command would open all Word files
in the
current working directory:
$open *.doc
Is there a similar tool in ubuntu/gnome: I just would like to type
$open foo.pdf
and evince (or whatever is registered as default app) opens the pdf-file.
regards,
Johannes
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