URLs open in Safari instead of Chrome from Mac OSX Terminal

To set the correct default browser on OSX, go to System preferences | General | Default web browser.

If the default browser is correct but Terminal is still not behaving correctly, then change the default browser, and change it back again.

TIOA-TIOA FTW

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bash default parameters

# Set dir to $1, or "foo" if $1 isn't set

DIR=${1:-foo}