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Open a directory in a Linux GUI file browser via the command line

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Mar 15, 202641093 views
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Is there a way to open a file browser window (in KDE or GNOME or some desktop environment) for a directory while your navigating directories from the terminal? Text editors that have a GUI will open up when I run them via the command line; I just wanted to do that for certain directories when I'm r…

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Fix for: Open a directory in a Linux GUI file browser via the command line

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In Gnome you can do The dot means current directory, and the & runs the process in the background so you can continue to use your terminal (and ctrl+c won't kill the browser).

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