bash-tui-toolkit/docs/modules/Platform-Helpers.md

Platform-Helpers

Platform specific helpers

Overview

Detect the OS the script is running on

Index

• detect_os
• get_opener
• open_link

detect_os

Detect the OS the script is running on

Output on stdout

• solaris | macos | linux | bsd | windows | unknown

get_opener

Get opener command for platform

Output on stdout

• Command that can be used, if it is not supported returns an empty string

open_link

Open a link using the default opener, if it is not possible/supported or an error occurs simply prints the url with instructions

Arguments

• $1 (Link): to open

Exit codes

• 1: Failed to open link
• 0: Opened link using util

Output on stdout

• Instructions in case link can not be opened