On 10/3/05, Toralf Lund <toralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10/3/05, *Dotan Cohen* <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx > > <mailto:dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > Although I have been using Fedora for almost a year now, I have had > > little reason to get too familiar with the command line. Noe that I > > feel like expanding my knowedge, I am trying to get used to the > > command line. > > > > When I do ls, I can see a list of files. If there is a file, say > > phonenumbers.xls, that I want to open, but do not know what program > > opens it, how can I do the equivelent of clicking on it, so that it > > opens in the default program for it's type? Even for files that I do > > know what program to use, it would make life easier. Thanks all in > > advance for your replies. > > > > Dotan Cohen > > http://technology-sleuth.com/internet_technology/websafety.php > Yang Xiao wrote: > > > man file > > Not sure that's really what he needs. I'd rather suggest doing > > gnome-open phonenumbers.xls > > (For the actual file open.) No manpage for this tool, I think, but it's > probably described somewhere in the help system. > > -T > Thanks, this is almost exactly what I am looking for. However, it uses the gnome defaults. As I use KDE, I have only set up the KDE defaults. Is there a KDE equivelent? The obvious kde-open file.txt does not work. Dotan Cohen http://www.technology-sleuth.com/mobile/cellphones.php
