WSL-OPEN(1)

📦 version 2.2.1, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💅 wsl-open (WSL-OPEN(1)) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the wsl-open manual page, like the actual wsl-open manual one — yes that's a thing, the manual's name is literally wsl-open 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

wsl-open [OPTIONS] { FILE | DIRECTORY | URL }

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so wsl-open is a shell script (yes, a shell script, we love a humble icon 👑) that uses Bash for Windows' powershell.exe Start command to open files with Windows applications. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. you're in WSL, you got a file, you want Windows to handle it — boom, slay 💖

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

  • -h — displays this help page. the "help me help you" button, fr fr 🫶
  • -a — associates this script with xdg-open for files like this. cute lil friendship bracelet between wsl-open and xdg-open ✨
  • -d — disassociates this script with xdg-open for files like this. breaking up is hard to do but sometimes you gotta 😭
  • -w — associates this script with xdg-open for links (http://). same bestie energy, but for the urls 🌈
  • -x — dry run, does not open file, just echos command used to do it. Useful for testing. literally the "look but don't touch" option 💅 perfect for when you're nosy but responsible 🙈

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

wsl-open manual.docx
wsl-open /mnt/c/Users/Test\ User/Downloads/profile.png
wsl-open https://gitlab.com/4U6U57/wsl-open
wsl-open -a README.txt

⭐ AUTHORS ⭐

August Valera @4U6U57 on GitLab/GitHub — the main character who made this happen 👑💜

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

xdg-open(1), Project Page https://gitlab.com/4U6U57/wsl-open

ngl bestie, if you got this far you're lowkey a Unix girlie now. go open some files, iykyk 💀🔥

okay that's the whole page!! it's wsl-open version 2.2.1, dated January 2021, and honestly? iconic. periodt. 🍓🦋💖

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