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How to open a browser from terminal

Can anyone tell me how to open a browser from the Terminal on a Mac?

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bert [Entry]

"I just use

open -a safari

to open a browser (safari as an e.g. here).

The open -a stand for ""opens with the specified application"". It is case-insensitive, so you can open Finder like

open -a finder

etc."