Opening a file using the default viewer on Linux

Question

I work in an OS-independent file manager (mainly Windows and Linux), and I am wondering if there is a way to open a Linux file in my default viewer. For example, open an html file with Firefox, .avi with vlc, etc. On Windows, there is a ShellExecute () function that does this, but I understand that on Linux this is not so simple, and every desktop environment has a specific path. I would appreciate any help with this.

Answer 1

You can use xdg-open(1). It works on all freedesktop compatible desktop computers.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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xdg-open , "gnome-open" GNOME "kfmclient" KDE.