Open file with OS's default application-CodePudding

Im trying to open a file using the OS's default application, so if i open image.png on mac it will open with Preview and on windows Windows Photo Viewer etc.

Im aware that on OSX you can do open image.png, but what about windows and linux? Is there a command to open any file with the default application?

Thanks in advance.

CodePudding user response：

for windows you can just type the file name as test.png to open it, for linux (ubuntu) you can use xdg-open "filename"

CodePudding user response：

I havent done much testing but from googling around it looks like i've found something that should work.

function open(path) {
    let command = '';
    switch (process.platform) {
        case 'darwin':
            command = 'open';
            break;
        case 'win32':
            command = 'start';
            break;
        default:
            command = 'xdg-open';
            break;
    }
    return child_process.execSync(`${command} "${path}"`);
}