CSIL: browser from command line

How to open a browser from the command line

Open URL from command line on CSIL

These may launch a browser if you have access to X11 from your terminal.

Other commands to open URL from command line on Linux

These may launch a browser if you have access to X11 from your terminal.

Your mileage may vary: these may or may not work on any given Linux system

Based on https://askubuntu.com/questions/8252/how-to-launch-default-web-browser-from-the-terminal

Get contents of URL (no graphical browser)

This is particularly useful for just testing whether a site is up, and/or for RESTFul APIs.