On 12/20/16, Eliot Moss wrote: > On 12/20/2016 5:38 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: >> Greetings, Lee! >> >>>> How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the >>>> mintty/bash >>>> command line? >>>> >>>> I've tried the following: >>>> >>>> $ cygstart "http://www.google.com"; >>>> $ cygstart index.html # local page >>>> $ "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" >>>> $ cygstart "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" >>>> >>>> If IE is already open, the first two examples work, but otherwise, >>>> for all 4, IE flashes a window, which immediately closes. >> >>> how about >>> cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" >>> "www.google.com" >> >> I'd say, >> >> cmd /c start "" https://google.com/ > > Both seem to start the *default* browser, in my case, Firefox. > You need to be explicit if you want IE and it's not your default.
I don't have IE as the default browser & at least for me: cmd /c start "" https://google.com/ starts the default browser & opens google.com cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "www.google.com" starts the 64 bit version of IE & opens www.google.com cmd /c "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "www.google.com" starts the 32 bit version of IE & opens www.google.com Regards, Lee -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
