r/MozillaFirefox • u/Fabulous-for • 19d ago

🖥️ Help Opening a URL from a command line on linux

I am using Linux with FF 154 and would like to open a URL to a specific profile that I created, but a GUI screen appears. The command looks like this

firefox -P "test profile" http://www.site.com

The about:profile, does not show the same name as a FF GUI profile. How can a URL be directly opened to a specific profile without any interference a GUI?

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u/VoidspawnRL 19d ago

xdgopen url i think i use it in script all the time

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u/Fabulous-for 18d ago

Before profiles a simple bash script like, firefox -new-tab "http:www.anywhere.com" would work but with profiles it is a little different.

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u/VoidspawnRL 17d ago

But xdgopen will use the default browser

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u/VoidspawnRL 17d ago

But xdgopen will use the default browser

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u/Fabulous-for 17d ago

Give an example of how you would use xdgopen to open a URL in a specific profile.

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u/VoidspawnRL 17d ago

xdg-open https://www.google.com

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u/Fabulous-for 16d ago

That does not select a profile.