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# NAME

steam-runtime-urlopen - Alternative xdg-open executable

# SYNOPSIS

**steam-runtime-urlopen** [*OPTIONS*]... {*file* | *URL*}

# DESCRIPTION

**steam-runtime-urlopen** is an alternative xdg-open executable that provides
better handling for Steam URLs. This tool is expected to be executed from
inside a Steam Runtime container.

# OPTIONS

<dl>
<dt>

**--version**

</dt><dd>

Instead of opening the file/URL, write in output the version number.

</dd>
</dl>

# OUTPUT

On success, the output will be empty.

On error, a human-readable message is shown on standard error.

# EXIT STATUS

The exit status is intended to be the same as for **xdg-open**(1):

0
:   Success.

1
:   Error in command line syntax.

4
:   The action failed.

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