[git] How to open google chrome from terminal?

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:

1. My localhost is set to port 80.
2. 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

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")

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 

In Terminal, type open -a Google\ Chrome

This will open Google Chrome application without any need to manipulate directories!

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

On Linux, just use this command in a terminal:

google-chrome

just type

google-chrome

it works. Thanks.

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

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.