2019-09-11 15:27:40 +01:00
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# firefox
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> A free and open source web browser.
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> More information: <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options>.
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2019-09-21 21:39:37 +01:00
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- Launch Firefox and open a web page:
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`firefox {{https://www.duckduckgo.com}}`
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2019-09-21 21:39:37 +01:00
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- Open a new window:
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2019-09-13 19:17:51 +01:00
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`firefox --new-window {{https://www.duckduckgo.com}}`
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2019-09-11 15:27:40 +01:00
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2019-09-21 21:39:37 +01:00
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- Open a private (incognito) window:
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2019-09-13 19:17:51 +01:00
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`firefox --private-window`
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2019-09-21 21:39:37 +01:00
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- Search for "wikipedia" using the default search engine:
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2019-09-21 21:39:37 +01:00
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`firefox --search "{{wikipedia}}"`
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2019-09-21 21:39:37 +01:00
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- Launch Firefox in safe mode, with all extensions disabled:
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2019-09-13 19:17:51 +01:00
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`firefox --safe-mode`
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- Take a screenshot of a web page in headless mode:
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2019-09-21 21:39:37 +01:00
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`firefox --headless --screenshot {{path/to/output_file.png}} {{https://example.com/}}`
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2019-09-13 19:17:51 +01:00
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2019-10-10 17:32:17 +01:00
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- Use a specific profile directory to allow multiple separate instances of Firefox to run at once (not available for Windows):
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2019-09-13 19:17:51 +01:00
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`firefox --new-instance --profile {{path/to/directory}} {{https://example.com/}}`
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2019-10-10 17:32:17 +01:00
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- Create a new profile in the default directory without starting Firefox:
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`firefox --CreateProfile {{profile_name}}`
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- Set Firefox as default browser:
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`firefox --setDefaultBrowser
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