How do get an html file to open in preferred html application from command line on linux?

Question

How do get an html file to open in preferred application from command line on linux?

I have an xterm window open and an html file I want to do something like

open test.html

and that will start my preferred browser with the test.html file loaded.

(I'm looking for a solution that will work for any Linux desktop machine without me needing to know which browser app they have installed.)

Solution

That's OS/distribution/desktop-environment dependent, but in many places, you'll find a xdg-open command that does just that.

Comments

[Paul Taylor]

Thx that did the trick