title: How can I open Google Chrome from the terminal with the URL "localhost:3000"?
body: <p>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:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ google-chrome www.gmail.com
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but this does not work</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ google-chrome localhost:3000
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>nor this</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ google-chrome "localhost:3000"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I open Google Chrome with this URL?
  I am using Ubuntu, bash script, and the gnome-terminal.</p>