[Linux-disciples] Catching URLs on the command line

[Stephen R Laniel]

I think it'd be really handy if a command like

slaniel@JeffTweedy:~$ http://bostoncoop.net/adam

behaved within bash the way that Windows users have come to
expect: namely, it invokes the browser that's been associated
with HTTP URLs.

Has anyone come up with a shell that does this? Or maybe hacked
bash to do it? It seems like a great, simple usability
enhancement.

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