Open a file with... in a Linux terminal

Asked Dec 18 '18 at 13:12

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How can I open a file with another program than the default one with a command line in the terminal?

For example I want to open a PDF. To open it with the default PDF viewer I just write xdg-open theFile.pdf, but if I want to open it with "okular" for example, what command should I write?

edited Dec 26 '18 at 03:00

Kurt Pfeifle

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Xavier Nguyen

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`okular theFile.pdf` – PerlDuck Dec 18 '18 at 13:17
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[How can I get help on terminal commands?](https://askubuntu.com/q/991946/507051) Usually `man PROGRAM_NAME`, e.g. `man okular`, provides syntax information like that. – dessert Dec 18 '18 at 13:21

Open a file with... in a Linux terminal

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