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Is there a way to make a link clickable in the OSX Terminal?

Answer 1

+1 A:

You can right click on a URL in Terminal and the first option in the context-sensitive menu is "Open URL". Not perfect, but maybe good enough ?

Paul R 2010-02-26 00:47:50

No as it must serve my development cycle this won't be fast enough. The best solution would be displaying only a text, with a link behind it that is not displayed, however as far as my bash/sh knowledge goes, I think this is not possible, hope you prove me wrong ;-).

japetheape 2010-02-26 00:55:39

Answer 2

A:

Pipe your output to lynx:

your_command | lynx -use_mouse -stdin

Dennis Williamson 2010-02-26 01:24:16

I tried this: echo "<a href=\'http://test.com\'>Test</a>" | lynx -use_mouse - stdinThis opens lynx, this is not what i want, I want the output directly in my terminal.

japetheape 2010-02-26 01:49:27

Bash won't do it. I don't know why PS1 should have anything to do with it. I don't believe Bash has any mouse support whatsoever. If Terminal.app only does it with a right click, then your only other option may be if you can write an AppleScript that will provide that functionality more directly. Or magic.

Dennis Williamson 2010-02-26 01:59:53

Ok already thought so, thanks for the suggestions however!

japetheape 2010-02-26 02:09:46

Answer 3

+6 A:

cmd+shift+double-click on a URL in Terminal.app and it will open in the default program.

oops 2010-02-26 04:37:26

+1 Cool - that's neater than my right click -> Open URL suggestion.

Paul R 2010-02-26 08:50:04

Ahh that's the best answer! Thanks!

japetheape 2010-02-26 16:10:14

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