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            <b><a class="bz_bug_link 
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   title="ASSIGNED - xdg-open does not exit if it does not recognize the mimetype"
   href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89902#c6">Comment # 6</a>
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   title="ASSIGNED - xdg-open does not exit if it does not recognize the mimetype"
   href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89902">bug 89902</a>
              from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:rdieter@math.unl.edu" title="Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu>"> <span class="fn">Rex Dieter</span></a>
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        <pre>OK, this should be a better fix (than <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=89902#c4">comment #4</a>):

diff -u /usr/bin/xdg-open.orig /usr/bin/xdg-open
--- /usr/bin/xdg-open.orig      2015-04-06 08:27:10.396932209 -0500
+++ /usr/bin/xdg-open   2015-04-06 08:29:31.534667495 -0500
@@ -706,7 +706,8 @@
         file_check=${file_check%%\?*}
         check_input_file "$file_check"

-        open_generic_xdg_file_mime "$file"
+        filetype=`xdg-mime query filetype "$file_check" | sed "s/;.*//"`
+        open_generic_xdg_mime "$file" "$filetype"

         if which run-mailcap 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
             run-mailcap --action=view "$file"</pre>
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