Introduce commands / binaries: open and xdg-open
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- C++
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Description
This will help to open files in default Windows apps for that file extension. Similar commands exist in Mac (open.exe) and in Ubuntu (xdg-open.exe) and are useful to open files in OS's default image viewers or pdf viewers
It can probably be achieved by `alias open="cmd.exe /c"`, but it would be nice if a recommended/tested way existed
Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue names no files or tests; start by locating how WSL exposes commands and how `cmd.exe /c` is invoked. Compare the requested `open` and `xdg-open` behavior with the proposed alias. Done means a tested, recommended way to open files with the default Windows application for their extensions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell, ubuntu
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100