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Using gnome terminal (Ubuntu 10.10), is there a way to execute the default application associated to a file type, only by typing its name, as it is possible with Windows ?
For example, say I create a mime type associated to every file with the pattern *.abc. Lets say I associate this file type to application 'my_app'.
If I have file 'my_file.abc' in current folder, what I want is that when I enter only 'my_file.abc' at the prompt, it executes 'my_app' feeding it with 'my_file.abc' as first argument. (assuming of course 'my_app' is in the path)
I appreciate this behaviour in Windows, wondering if Linux/Gnome could do that too. Thanks
You might have better luck on askubuntu – RobotHumans – 2010-12-10T16:21:25.070
Well, yes, actually, I didn't know askubuntu until now. Is there a way to "switch" this post to askubuntu ? – kebs – 2010-12-10T20:55:20.147