SENSIBLE-BROWSER(1)

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version 0.0.26build1 · 4 versions
, in debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 SENSIBLE-BROWSER(1) ✨ General Commands Manual 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so the name is sensible-browser, and it's all about sensible web browsing 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

sensible-browser url

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay bestie, sensible-browser is literally the brain that decides which web browser to open for you 🧠💅 it makes sensible calls so you don't have to. Programs in Debian can use this script as their default web browser, or they can copy its behavior. iconic behavior, honestly 👑

highkey the best part: if you set the BROWSER environment variable, it gets used instead 🫶 any string that works as a command_string operand to sh -c is valid. this is the exact same vibe as the EDITOR variable, which is documented in environ(7) 💜

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

environ(7) 🌈

💜 STANDARD 💜

ngl this one is important 🥺 the behavior of sensible-utils on a Debian system is documented in section 11.4 of the debian-policy. it's usually installed under /usr/share/doc/debian-policy (you might need to install debian-policy first, no shame 🙈)

bye bestie 💖 this page is from Debian, dated 12 Jan 2020, and filed under SENSIBLE-BROWSER(1) 🧚✨

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