Open file with default application from terminal (Ubuntu/Gnome)
Posted on July 6, 2007 - Filed Under gnome, linux. howto, ubuntu | Leave a Comment
If you want to open up a file or folder using the default application from your terminal in ubuntu (or any linux distrib using gnome), just use gnome-open. Like this:
gnome-open ~/docs/something.pdf
Gnome will use it’s file association tables to open it in the correct application, and you won’t have to worry about remembering what your pdf [...]