"Couldn't find a file descriptor referring to the console" on Ubuntu bash on Windows "Couldn't find a file descriptor referring to the console" on Ubuntu bash on Windows windows windows

"Couldn't find a file descriptor referring to the console" on Ubuntu bash on Windows


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Instead of open u can use xdg-open which does the same thing, independently of application i.e. pdf, image, etc. It will open a new virtual terminal (I have tried this on Linux)

Example:

xdg-open ~/Pictures/Wallpapers/myPic.jpg

xdg-open ~/Docs/holidays.pdf

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For linux, use xdg-open. open is for Mac OS. open in linux is an name alias of openvt (open virtual terminal).

To simplify it, you can append the following line to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc depends on the shell you are using. 

alias o="xdg-open" # o stands for open

Then next time you can just type like the following to reduce some keyboard strokes.

o file_name.pdf

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That's because open is a Mac specific command, it is not available under Linux (ubuntu), Mac open can execute a file (if the file is executable), or open the file into a text editor (if it is a document or text file) or open a directory.

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