https://github.com/felixfbecker/psopen

Open files and URLs from PowerShell
https://github.com/felixfbecker/psopen

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Open files and URLs from PowerShell

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/felixfbecker/psopen
• Owner: felixfbecker
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-09-25T15:38:59.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-09-25T15:39:58.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-02T11:50:20.121Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: powershell
• Language: PowerShell
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.93 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# PSOpen

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Module to open files and URLs from PowerShell with the default application. Works on Windows, Linux and macOS.

## Installation

```powershell

Install-Module PSOpen

```

## Usage

```powershell

# Open test.txt in the default text editor

Open-Item test.txt

# Open https://github.com in the default web browser

Open-Item https://github.com

# Open all files in the current directory

Get-ChildItem . | Open-Item

```

## Errors

Will write errors if an item could not be opened. Example:

```powershell

> Open-Item github.com

Open-Item : The file /Users/felix/src/github.com/felixfbecker/PSOpen/github.com does not exist. Perhaps you meant 'http://github.com'?

At line:1 char:1

+ Open-Item github.com

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Open-Item

```