Open System Files, 'URLs', Anything

Cross platform solution to open files, directories or 'URLs' with their associated programs.

Cross platform solution to open files, directories or URLs with their associated programs. Inspired by shell.exec(), https://github.com/pwnall/node-open and https://github.com/sindresorhus/opn

Installation

Once released, you can install xopen from CRAN:

install.packages("xopen")

Usage

library(xopen)

Open a file:

xopen("test.R")

Open a URL:

xopen("https://ps.r-lib.org")

URL with given app:

chrome <- function() {
  switch(
    get_os(),
    win = "Chrome",
    macos = "google chrome",
    other = "google-chrome")
}
xopen("https://processx.r-lib.org", app = chrome())

Open a given app (or switch to it, if already open):

xopen(app = chrome())

App and arguments. (You need to quit Chrome for this to work):

xopen(app = c(chrome(), "--incognito", "https://github.com"))

License

MIT © RStudio