How to open browser for url using ActivePerl on Windows?

Question

In ActivePerl on Windows, how do I open a browser at some URL?

It exists in Python webbrowser.open(url), but I cannot find the Perl equivalent.

Answer 1

Not sure if there is a “right” way to do this, but this should work:

my @command = ('start', $url);
system(@command);

"start" is a Windows command that will use any program associated with it to open an argument. As long as $ url looks like a URL (make sure it starts with http (s): //), it should start the browser.

Answer 2

, ActivePerl Windows, , system(), , . OS X 'start' 'open', . .

Answer 3

in windows: start on modern unixen (that is, with xdg-utils installed): open xdg