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March 2, 2022 11:17
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Script to search, find and open your default browser in linux
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| import subprocess | |
| default_input = ['xdg-mime', 'query', 'default', 'x-scheme-handler/http'] | |
| default_executable = ['grep', 'Exec', '-w', '-m1'] | |
| final_search = ['github.com/Juan-Embid'] #the page you decide to open | |
| web_page_file = subprocess.run(default_input, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8') | |
| web_page_file = web_page_file.split("\n") | |
| web_page_file_path = "/usr/share/applications/" + web_page_file[0] | |
| default_executable.insert(2, web_page_file_path) | |
| web_page_command = subprocess.run(default_executable, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8') | |
| web_page = web_page_command.split("=") | |
| final_search.insert(0, web_page[1].strip("\n%U ")) | |
| subprocess.run(final_search, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8') |
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