How to open a URL with cmd?

Question

I already know that to open a webpage with the default browser you use: start www.google.com. However, I\'m trying to open a URL that contains a \'&\' in it for

Answer 1

You can do it using start chrome -u url here.

Answer 2

You can use URL shorteners.

For your link:

start [created link]

Answer 3

First provide the full path to the browser application file and then the complete link like this:

start "C:\Path\To\Browser.exe" "http://WebsiteURL.com"

Answer 4

When I tried the same, it worked for me only by typing :

C:\start https://www.google.dz/?ws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=rXc_WYq3Msy2abGXpugH#safe=off&q=hello+world

in the Command Prompt.

Answer 5

& is a special caractere in batch so if the URL contains a special caractere you just have to do it like this:

start "" "your url" 

Answer 6

If you have Linux you can try using these command

$links http://google.com

or

$elinks http://google.com/