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x-www-browser
#!/bin/bash
if [[ $1 =~ ^http ]]; then #http, https
url=$1
else # everything else
url="http://$1"
fi
escaped=$(perl -MURI::Escape -e 'print uri_escape($ARGV[0], "(),");' "$url")
firefox -P default -remote "openURL(${escaped}, new-tab)"
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