Can I open a certain website with a command line? [duplicate]

Solution 1:

Have a look at xdg-open which uses the default program for opening the link:

xdg-open http://example.com

some documentation from Ubuntu:

xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user’s preferred application

Solution 2:

Use the command

firefox http://www.youtube.com

This should do it. 8 )

Solution 3:

If you only need to open it in the background use:

wget http://askubuntu.com

To download a page (optionally mirror sub pages):

wget --mirror -p --convert-links -P ~/Desktop/ http://askubuntu.com/users/182026/kamil

If you want to open it and see it

and you use firefox:

firefox http://askubuntu.com

or you use google chrome

google-chrome http://askubuntu.com

Solution 4:

If you want to use the web page from an xterm/command line then you can install lynx on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I have lynx-cur installed.

apt-get install lynx-cur

I don't think you need any special repositories,

lynx http://askubuntu.com

I use it to do screen scrapes

wget can be used as follows if you want to look at what is going by:

wget -O- -S http://askubuntu.com | more

This will send the output to stdout, and give you the server-response info