On Linux, the xdc-open command opens a file or URL using the default application. To open a URL using the default browser… On Mac, we can use the open command to open a file or a URL using the default application. We can also specify what application to open the file or URL.

How do I open a URL in Linux terminal?

For opening a URL in the browser through the terminal, CentOS 7 users can use gio open command. For example, if you want to open google.com then gio open will open google.com URL in the browser.

How do I open a website in Linux?

If you are already Terminal savvy, you wouldn’t have any problem in opening the Terminal. You can open it through the Dash or by pressing the Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut. You can then install one of the following popular tools in order to browse the internet through the command line: The w3m Tool.