wslview - Component of WSL Utilities

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS CONFIGURATION AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO

NAME

wslview, wview, wslstart, wstart - Component of WSL Utilities

SYNOPSIS

wslview, wview, wslstart, wstart [−hvur]

wslview, wview, wslstart, wstart LINK/FILE

DESCRIPTION

This is a file viewer on WSL that allows you to open files and folders from WSL in Windows and a fake web browser that allows opening urls in your default browser on Windows 10.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

print a simple help.

-v, --version

print current version.

-u, --unreg-as-browser

remove wslview as the default WSL web browser.

-r, --reg-as-browser

CONFIGURATION

WSLVIEW_DEFAULT_ENGINE

default method to start websites/folders/files. Default type is "powershell". Here are all available options:

powershell: use powershell.exe to start website/folder/file
cmd: use cmd.exe to start website/folder/file
cmd_explorer: use explorer.exe via cmd.exe to start website/folder/file

AUTHOR

Created by Patrick Wu <[email protected]>

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu/issues>; For Ubuntu specific/related bugs, report to <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wslu>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3 or (at your option) any later version. There is NO warranty; not even MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.