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chrispoole

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[SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

On the Mac, you can type 'view example.doc' to have OpenOffice open it, or 'view image.png' to have the image viewer open it, etc.

Is there something similar on Linux?

(I've searched but can't find anything.)

Last edited by chrispoole (2009-05-13 11:52:19)

HashBox

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

I think this depends greatly on what desktop environment you're running, the only one I can help with off hand is Xfce, in which case 'exo-open' I think does this.

bernarcher

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

Have a look at /usr/bin/xdg-open script. It probably provides the mechanism you need.

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chimeric

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

In case you're using zsh as your shell of choice you could also use alias -s style aliases:

alias -s doc=openoffice
alias -s cpp=gvim

Typing the filename and hitting enter should then open it in the defined application.

chrispoole

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

I think this depends greatly on what desktop environment you're running, the only one I can help with off hand is Xfce, in which case 'exo-open' I think does this.

Thanks; I'm a GNOME user.

@chimeric I do use zsh, and didn't know about that feature, thanks.

@bernarcher I'll look into that too.

Peasantoid

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

gnome-open works as well.

chrispoole

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

gnome-open works as well.

Thanks, just what I was after.

Agent69

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

Is the command really called "view"? I ask because when I used Mac OS X (10.4), it was "open", which would open the file with whatever application was associated with it. Or did that change with 10.5?

http://www.ss64.com/osx/open.html

Agent69

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

In case you're using zsh as your shell of choice you could also use alias -s style aliases:

alias -s doc=openoffice
alias -s cpp=gvim

Typing the filename and hitting enter should then open it in the defined application.

Damn that's slick. I've always stuck with Bash but I might have to reconsider (unless Bash 4 has this feature).

Aprz

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Registered: 2008-05-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

In case you're using zsh as your shell of choice you could also use alias -s style aliases:

alias -s doc=openoffice
alias -s cpp=gvim

Typing the filename and hitting enter should then open it in the defined application.

Damn that's slick. I've always stuck with Bash but I might have to reconsider (unless Bash 4 has this feature).

It does except without the "-s". :s By default, in your ~/.bashrc, it already has "alias ls='ls --color=auto'".

Last edited by Aprz (2009-05-13 20:17:59)

chrispoole

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

Is the command really called "view"? I ask because when I used Mac OS X (10.4), it was "open", which would open the file with whatever application was associated with it. Or did that change with 10.5?

http://www.ss64.com/osx/open.html

You're correct. It's still 'open'. I wasn't at my Mac OS X machine at the time and couldn't remember when I asked the question.

Trent

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

In case you're using zsh as your shell of choice you could also use alias -s style aliases:

alias -s doc=openoffice
alias -s cpp=gvim

Typing the filename and hitting enter should then open it in the defined application.

Damn that's slick. I've always stuck with Bash but I might have to reconsider (unless Bash 4 has this feature).

It does except without the "-s". :s By default, in your ~/.bashrc, it already has "alias ls='ls --color=auto'".

Read it again.  These aren't ordinary aliases.  I interpret chimeric as saying that  in zsh the -s option allows you to associate file extensions with commands, not simple text replacement like your example.

Aprz

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Re: [SOLVED] Mac OS X-like 'view' CLI command for Linux?

Read it again.  These aren't ordinary aliases.  I interpret chimeric as saying that  in zsh the -s option allows you to associate file extensions with commands, not simple text replacement like your example.

Ah, I missed that. That is pretty sick.