PowerShell/Docs/open-chrome.md

open-chrome.ps1

This PowerShell script launches the Google Chrome Web browser.

Parameters

PS> ./open-chrome.ps1 [[-URL] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-URL <String>
    Specifies an optional URL
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                http://www.fleschutz.de
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./open-chrome

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Launches the Chrome browser
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script launches the Google Chrome Web browser.
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./open-chrome
.PARAMETER URL
	Specifies an optional URL
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$URL = "http://www.fleschutz.de")

try {
	Start-Process chrome.exe "$URL"
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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