Create a termnial command to open file with Chrome

Question

I want to create command in terminal that would allow me to use

chrome index.html

and have the the given file open in Google Chrome.

How can I get this working?

I'm not near a Mac, so this is untested. You'll need the full path to Chrome's executable i.e. something like /Applications/Chrome/MacOS/Chrome followed by the HTML file's full path. All of this assumes the Chrome executable accepts command line argument.

robmathers · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-27 04:06:36Z

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You can use the open command with the -a flag to open a file or location in Chrome:

open -a "Google Chrome" index.html

This also works with URLs, i.e. open -a "Google Chrome" http://www.apple.com.

answered Feb 27 at 4:06

robmathers
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	You can also make it just like in the question using alias: alias chrome='open -a "Google Chrome"' chrome index.html – valbaca Feb 27 at 6:08
	Yes, but that needs to be set in your bash profile or similar, otherwise it will go away once you close your Terminal session. – robmathers Feb 28 at 2:26

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