Small execute helper for the terminal

[thomasl]

This script was among the first bits I adapted from my Windows console helpers. It's basically for those who do a lot of work in a terminal (window). I've stored the script in a file called x (also setting its executable bit) so that I can do these things (and probably some more):

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$x                         # opens a fresh terminal window
$x xyz.html                # opens html page in default browser
$x http://some.web.site    # opens website
$x some.pdf                # opens pdf in registered pdf viewer
$x some.jpg                # opens image in registered image viewer
# etc for other file types...
$x /this/folder            # opens /this.folder in file manager
$x some.executable         # runs some.executable in the background (good for GUI stuff producing many warnings in the terminal)

It doesn't handle everything but it saves some typing and the odd excursion to the file manager...

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#!/bin/bash
if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
	xfce4-terminal
elif [[ -d $1 || $1 =~ https?:// || -z $(whereis -b "$1" | cut -sd: -f2) ]]; then
	if [[ -f $1 && -x $1 ]]; then
		"$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
	else
		xdg-open "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1
	fi
else
	"$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
fi