How do I open a file with Chrome from the command line?

Question

I would like to open a file (index.html) in the current directory with Google Chrome or Chromium from a bash terminal (I\'m using Linux Mint 15). What is the command? I\'v

Answer 1

As others stated, the solution is to use:

google-chrome www.google.com

You can also use --incognito to open them in incognito mode:

google-chrome --incognito www.google.com

Note you can open multiple pages at the same time by just placing them one after the other:

google-chrome www.google.com www.yahoo.com

If you want to open them from a file, use the command substitution $() to open it and process on the fly:

google-chrome $(<file)

Answer 2

Try

/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --allow-file-access-from-files index.html

Or

/usr/bin/google-chrome --allow-file-access-from-files index.html

--allow-file-access-from-files will relax some security settings , useful for testing with local files.

Answer 3

With Chrome not the default browser, this worked for me under Windows 10:

start "New Chrome Window Title" /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --new-window "file://C:/Folder/SubFolder/Sub Subfolder/thisfile.html"

You'll need:

• A way to convert the unqualified filename into a fully qualified filename;
• A way to convert backslashes to forward slashes;
• A way to prefix the "file://" onto the URL;
• To identify the specific directory in which you find chrome.exe;
• Decide on whether you want to keep the switch to force a new window;
• And other command line options as pertinent.

These should be reasonably doable in a .bat or .cmd file, using FOR commands and the text-replacing features of the SET command; or do all that in a .vbs or .ps1 script which could be called from the batch file, etc.

But the basic syntax appears sound.