How to open Google Chrome from the terminal

Writing automation scripts and want to launch Google’s Chrome browser? Here are a few tips.

1. Launching an empty new window

$ google-chrome

2. Launching a page in a new window

$ google-chrome --new-window yahoo.com

3. Opening a page in a new tab

$ google-chrome yahoo.com

4. Opening a page as an app (no address or other tool bars)

$ google-chrome --app=https://yahoo.com

More Resources

List of Chromium Flags