How to open a graphics file on Windows using run()

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On macOS I can do this:

run(`open $(filename)`)

where filename might be image.png or /tmp/test.pdf or /Users/me/test.svg, and the file will open in Preview or Safari or whatever app you’ve decided to make the default for that type of image.

What’s the equivalent on Windows?

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You could try:

run(`explorer $filename`)

Maybe want to ignore the return status:

run(ignorestatus(`explorer $filename`))
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Thanks, Greg, I’ll try this.

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What do you try to display?

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Hi,
and please what is the version of this for Linux?

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Perhaps xdg-open ?

run(`xdg-open $(filename)`)

?

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Thanks, I’m on Windows and have only Winbuntu that has no graphical x11 tools but it suggested me to install it. So it probably works.

I dis ask this because I want to cover the 3 OSs and lacked the linux version.