How to open a website in Terminal?

[domenator]

Hi all, I am at a loss with Google. What I want to know is how do I open a webpage using Terminal? I am doing a lot with Terminal at the moment and was wondering if it is possible. A Ubuntu forums website listed the command as:

>insert browser of choice here "www.thewebsite.com"

I have tried this and I simply get the message:

>-bash: safari: command not found

Am I missing a command before the browser? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[angelwatt]

Using,

open http://www.google.com/

opened it in Firefox for me (which is my default browser).

To force Safari,

open -a Safari http://www.google.com/

 

[Cromulent]

Use Lynx .

lynx http://www.google.com/

 

[domenator]

Ah angelwatt you're the best man. That force safari also solved my second question I was going to pose. Topic closed it seems. Thanks for the fast responses all!

 

[angelwatt]

Use Lynx .

lynx http://www.google.com/

That was the first thing I thought of until I realized the OP wanted to see the page in a GUI browser and not inside Terminal. I've used lynx on occasion to check accessibility of my web site.