LAUNCHY(1)

📦 version 3.1.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 LAUNCHY(1) — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the launchy man page and it's literally the moment your terminal learns to open stuff on every platform. section 1 energy. general commands. iconic. 👑

✨ NAME ✨

launchy — launch external applications across platforms

like, it just... opens things. for you. across platforms. no cap. 🦋

🌸 USAGE 🌸

launchy [ options ] URL

launchy [ -h | -v | --help | --version  ]

so you either give it a URL plus whatever options you want, or you hit it with one of the help/version flags and it just tells you stuff. that's the whole vibe check. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

the command accepts the following options (yes, all of them, i'm not skipping a single one, that would be so rude):

  • -a, --application APPLICATION — bestie, be explicit. tell it exactly which application class to use instead of letting it guess. 💖
  • -d, --debug — spill the tea. it outputs debug information. 🔍
  • -e, --engine RUBY_ENGINE — force the behavior as if you were running on a particular ruby engine. manifesting a different runtime fr fr. 💎
  • -n, --dry-run — the responsible queen option. it only prints the command that would be executed, straight to STDOUT. doesn't actually do the thing. 🫶
  • -o, --host-os HOST_OS — force the behavior as if you were on a particular host os. delulu about your operating system, but on purpose. 🖥️
  • -h, --help — print this message. that's it. that's the whole thing. 🌈
  • -v, --version — output version information. let them know who you are. ⭐

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

the command accepts some special variables (yes it has a whole little support system, we love that for it):

  • BROWSER — a colon separated list of browser commands. lowkey the glow-up option: super useful for extending the list of built-in commands, or customizing them to be exactly your taste. 🌸
  • LAUNCHY_APPLICATION — same as using the --application option. 💫
  • LAUNCHY_DRY_RUN — same as using the --dry-run option. 🍓
  • LAUNCHY_DEBUG — same as using the --debug option. 🔥
  • LAUNCHY_HOST_OS — same as using the --host-os option. 💜
  • LAUNCHY_RUBY_ENGINE — same as using the --engine option. 🎀
ngl bestie, notice how every single one of these is just an env-var twin of a flag? set the variable, get the flag behavior, no typing. it's giving convenience. it's giving main character energy. 💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Daniel Leidert <dleidert@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). we stan a documented man page. we stan a Debian contribution. periodt. 🫶✨

and that's the whole page, bestie — you ate that. 💖 this gorgeous thing comes to you from Launchy, dated 2020-11-03, and it lives in the LAUNCHY(1) section of your friendly neighborhood manual. go forth and launch external applications across platforms. slay. 🦋💅

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