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		ivolimmen on Dec 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dungeons and Directories, an exploration game in y... Linux and windows also have this command. Under windows it is called start. Under Linux it is called open as well.

account42 on Dec 14, 2023 [–]

> Under Linux it is called open as well.

You mean xdg-open? I'm not aware of a commonly available "open" tool under Linux.

sudobash1 on Dec 15, 2023 | [–]

I eventually found out about xdg-open, but I'm glad that I didn't know about it from the start. I learned to open things the more "normal" way (eg `soffice document.doc`).

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