Another step to bring cli and gui closer together: gnome-open
It opens a path with the default (gui) application for its mime type.
I would recommend a shorter alias like alias o=gnome-open
More examples:
gnome-open .
[opens the current folder in nautilus / your default file browser]
gnome-open some.pdf
[opens some.pdf in evince / your default pdf viewer]
gnome-open trash://
[opens the trash with nautilus]
gnome-open http://www.commandlinefu.com
[opens commandlinefu in your default webbrowser]
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Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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