The equivalent Linux commands are: # xclip: curl http://example.org | xclip And instead of "open", you can use: xdg-open file.pdf xdg-open mu

The equivalent Linux commands are: # xclip: curl http://example.org | xclip And instead of "open", you can use: xdg-open file.pdf xdg-open music.mpe (or even gnome-open if you're on gnome) will open up the file with their default handler