How to open google chrome from terminal

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I m trying to create an alias that opens google chrome to localhost  Port 80 in this case    I d also really like to be able to be in any git directory and have it open that specific project in the browser  but I m not sure if that s even possible    How do I open google chrome from the terminal  What alias could I use to open the current git project in the browser    More Details    My localhost is set to port 80  I store my git repositories in   Sites  - meaning if I wanted to view any project in the browser it would be found here  http   localhost FILENAME   Thank You

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I m not sure how extensively you ve searched  but this seems to be similar to what you re searching for   https   apple stackexchange com questions 83630 create-a-terminal-command-to-open-file-with-chrome   I just assumed you re using Mac since you used the word  terminal

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If you just want to open the Google Chrome from terminal instantly for once then  open -a  Google Chrome   works fine from Mac Terminal   If you want to use an alias to call Chrome from terminal then you need to edit the bash profile and add an alias on    bash profile or    zshrc file The steps are below     Edit    bash profile or    zshrc file and add the following line alias chrome  open -a  Google Chrome   Save and close the file  Logout and relaunch Terminal Type chrome filename for opening a local file  Type chrome url for opening url

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UPDATE     How do I open google chrome from the terminal    Thank you for the quick response  open http   localhost  opened that domain in my default browser on my Mac    What alias could I use to open the current git project in the browser    I ended up writing this alias  did the trick     Opens git file s localhost    PWD      is the current directory s name alias lcl  open  http   localhost   PWD           Thank you again

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just type   google-chrome   it works  Thanks

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On Linux  just use this command in a terminal   google-chrome

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In Terminal  type open -a Google  Chrome  This will open Google Chrome application without any need to manipulate directories

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Use command google-chrome-stable  We can also use command google-chrome  To open terminal but in my case when I make an interrupt ctrl   c then it get closed so I would recommend to use google-chrome-stable instead of google-chrome

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From the macOS Terminal  use open with the -a flag and give the name of the app you want to open  In this case  Google Chrome   You may pass it a file or URL you want it to open with   open -a  Google Chrome  index html

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on mac terminal  at least in ZSH   open stackoverflow com  opens site in new tab in your chrome default browser

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