'How can I open Google Chrome from the terminal with the URL "localhost:3000"?

Whenever I try to open Google Chrome with the URL "localhost:3000" it messes up and simply opens a blank tab with no URL. After some testing I've figures out it is the ":" messing it up. This works:

$ google-chrome www.gmail.com

but this does not work

$ google-chrome localhost:3000

nor this

$ google-chrome "localhost:3000"

How can I open Google Chrome with this URL? I am using Ubuntu, bash script, and the gnome-terminal.

bashgoogle-chromegnome-terminal


Solution 1:[1]

Have you tried?

google-chrome http://localhost:3000

Solution 2:[2]

Got the following message:

zsh(or bash): command not found: google-chrome (or chromium-browser)

Solved my problem:

open http://localhost:3000

{ I use Google Chrome as a default browser ? }

Solution 3:[3]

I don't seem to have this problem.

chromium "http://localhost:8889"
chromium "http://127.0.0.1:8889"

One quick suggestion would be to check to see if 127.0.0.1:3000 works (newer versions of ubuntu seem to have an issue resolving "localhost" instead of the numbered IP address.)

Solution 4:[4]

As stated beautifully by @Bexultan Myrzatayev, if google chrome is your default browser, simply 

open http://localhost:8000

Solution 5:[5]

This is what worked for me:

open  -a "Google Chrome" http:localhost:3000

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Solution 1 Diego Torres Milano
Solution 2
Solution 3 Community
Solution 4 bmc
Solution 5 stevec

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