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Firefox 3.6.8 for Linux does not properly open .url-files. (Version for Windows works fine.)

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elenaiv
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Firefox 3.6.8 for Linux does not properly open files with the .url extension. It should immediately open a tab with the URL in the file. In Windows it works properly. Thank you!

Firefox 3.6.8 for Linux does not properly open files with the .url extension. It should immediately open a tab with the URL in the file. In Windows it works properly. Thank you!

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finndo
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here is a solution for you

grep 'URL=' < file.url | sed 's/URL=//g' | xargs firefox

change file.url to the name of your shortcut, I did not come up with this, but found it with a google search, one of the first page results when I searched for open .url file in firefox linux