I'm in Python, and I have the path of a certain folder. I want to open it using the default folder explorer for that system. For example, if it's a Windows computer, I want to use Explorer, if it's Linux, I want to use Nautilus or whatever is the default there, if it's Mac, I want to use Finder.
How can I do that?
I am surprised no one has mentioned using xdg-open
for *nix which will work for both files and folders:
import os
import platform
import subprocess
def open_file(path):
if platform.system() == "Windows":
os.startfile(path)
elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
subprocess.Popen(["open", path])
else:
subprocess.Popen(["xdg-open", path])