opening a link via shell script

open-link.sh

#to open localhost in browser

# this section not working for now
#if [ -n $BROWSER ]; then
#  $BROWSER 'http://wwww.google.com/'
#
#elif

if which xdg-open > /dev/null; then
  xdg-open 'http://localhost/'

elif which gnome-open > /dev/null; then
  gnome-open 'http://localhost/'

elif which www-browser > /dev/null; then
  www-browser 'http://localhost/'

elif which x-www-browser > /dev/null; then
  x-www-browser 'http://localhost/'

else
  echo "Could not detect the web browser to use."

fi

# can also use following script to open link in default browser
# sensible-browser 'http://localhost/'