\section open open - open file in its default application

\subsection open-synopsis Synopsis
\fish{synopsis}
open FILES...
\endfish

\subsection open-description Description

`open` opens a file in its default application, using the appropriate tool for the operating system. On GNU/Linux, this requires the common but optional `xdg-open` utility, from the `xdg-utils` package.


\subsection open-example Example

`open *.txt` opens all the text files in the current directory using your system's default text editor.