OPEN(1)
NAME
open - tool to open or print documents
SYNOPSIS
open [ options ] FILE ...
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the open command.
open is a tool that lets you open documents with the right application.
It also allows to directly print documents non-interactively.
OPTIONS
- -a APP Specify an application to use for opening the file(s). (APP
- will be launched if it is not running.)
- -A APP Like -a, only APP won't be launched unless a file is opened.
- -s If an app is launched, it will be run as if on startup. (Some
- apps do different things if "Autolaunched".)
- -o Cause following files to be opened (this is the default).
- -p Cause following files to be printed instead of opened.
- -h, --help
- Display this help and exits
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
open was written by Jeff Teunissen <deek@d2dc.net>.
- This manual page was written by Grkan Sengn <gurkan@linuks.mine.nu>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).