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  • It seems odd that there is open -u which forces open to view the argument as a URL, even if the argument also matches a filename, but there is no complementary flag to force it to choose the filename. Commented May 3, 2023 at 18:44
  • Note that on OS X, apparently in contrast with VAX/VMS, foo$bar:baz.webloc is viewed as a filename rather than a URL, I think because $ is not an allowed character in a scheme name. Commented May 3, 2023 at 23:02