In gmane.linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Hello there, > > Is it possible to launch a default application with a file from the > command line, e.g. something like: > > ./myfile.pdf > > which would retrieve the default PDF viewer and launch it on "myfile"? > > For the moment, I have a bash script called with "launch <argument>", > which analyzes the extension of <argument> and calls the program; e.g. > "launch myfile.pdf" spots "pdf" and calls "evince myfile.pdf". The > problem is that it won't follow automatically if I decide to change my > default PDF viewer or in case I create a new file/program association > (unless I make the script read some configuration file somewhere, I > suppose). > > Any idea? > Yet another option is /usr/bin/see, part of the mime-support package.
You can also use mc, which has its own config file. -- We've had 30 years of center-right to extreme-right governance and the country has gotten steadily worse. The triumph of politics is that at least half the country blames the Democrats for this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/E1RcoQ8-0001al-Mz@lat.local
