man > sensible-browser(1)

⚡ TLDR: sensible-browser (tldr-pages)

Open the default browser.

  • Open a new window of the default browser
    sensible-browser
  • Open a URL in the default browser
    sensible-browser {{url}}
SENSIBLE-BROWSER(1)                    General Commands Manual                   SENSIBLE-BROWSER(1)

NAME
       sensible-browser - sensible web browsing

SYNOPSIS
       sensible-browser url

DESCRIPTION
       sensible-browser  makes  sensible decisions on which web browser to call.  Programs in Debian
       can use this script as their default web browser or emulate their behavior.
       BROWSER environment variable could be set, and will be used if set.  Any string acceptable as
       a command_string operand to the sh -c command shall be valid (this is the  same  behavior  of
       the EDITOR variable as documented in environ(7)).

SEE ALSO
       environ(7)

STANDARD
       Documentation  of behavior of sensible-utils under a debian system is available under section
       11.4 of debian-policy usually installed under /usr/share/doc/debian-policy (you might need to
       install debian-policy)

Debian                                       12 Jan 2020                         SENSIBLE-BROWSER(1)

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