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wsl-open — Open a file or URL from within Windows Subsystem for Linux in the user's default Windows GUI applica

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Problem

How to use the wsl-open command: Open a file or URL from within Windows Subsystem for Linux in the user's default Windows GUI application. More information: <https://gitlab.com/4U6U57/wsl-open>.

Solution

wsl-open — Open a file or URL from within Windows Subsystem for Linux in the user's default Windows GUI application. More information: <https://gitlab.com/4U6U57/wsl-open>.

Open the current directory in Windows Explorer:

wsl-open {{.}}

Open a URL in the user's default web browser in Windows:

wsl-open {{https://example.com}}

Open a specific file in the user's default application in Windows:

wsl-open {{path\to\file}}

Set wsl-open as the shell's web browser (open links with wsl-open):

wsl-open -w

Display help:

wsl-open -h

Code Snippets

Open the current directory in Windows Explorer

wsl-open {{.}}

Open a URL in the user's default web browser in Windows

wsl-open {{https://example.com}}

Open a specific file in the user's default application in Windows

wsl-open {{path\to\file}}

Set `wsl-open` as the shell's web browser (open links with `wsl-open`)

wsl-open -w

Display help

wsl-open -h

Context

tldr-pages: windows/wsl-open

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