open

## Name

open — Open and edit files with their registered handlers

## Synopsis

`open` [`-m` `mime type`] [`-a` `action`] `file`...

## Description

open automatically chooses the registered handler to open one or more files from the command line interface.

## Options

The following options are available:

`-a`

  Action to call. The default is "open".

`-m`

  MIME type to force. The default behavior is to determine the MIME type according to the respective file extension.

## Bugs

Issues can be listed and reported at http://www.defora.org/os/project/bug_list/230/Browser.

## See also

browser(1), copy(1), delete(1), desktop(1), desktopctl(1), move(1), properties(1), view(1)