# PSOpen

**Repository Path**: mirrors_felixfbecker/PSOpen

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: PSOpen
- **Description**: Open files and URLs from PowerShell
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-09-24
- **Last Updated**: 2026-07-18

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# PSOpen

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Module to open files and URLs from PowerShell with the default application. Works on Windows, Linux and macOS.

## Installation

```powershell
Install-Module PSOpen
```

## Usage

```powershell
# Open test.txt in the default text editor
Open-Item test.txt

# Open https://github.com in the default web browser
Open-Item https://github.com

# Open all files in the current directory
Get-ChildItem . | Open-Item
```

## Errors

Will write errors if an item could not be opened. Example:

```powershell
> Open-Item github.com
Open-Item : The file /Users/felix/src/github.com/felixfbecker/PSOpen/github.com does not exist. Perhaps you meant 'http://github.com'?
At line:1 char:1
+ Open-Item github.com
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Open-Item
```