diff --git a/scrapy/commands/view.py b/scrapy/commands/view.py
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+from scrapy.command import ScrapyCommand
+from scrapy.commands import fetch
+from scrapy.utils.response import open_in_browser
+
+class Command(fetch.Command):
+
+    def short_desc(self):
+        return "Open a URL in browser, as seen by Scrapy"
+
+    def long_desc(self):
+        return "Fetch a URL using the Scrapy downloader and show its " \
+            "contents in a browser"
+
+    def add_options(self, parser):
+        ScrapyCommand.add_options(self, parser)
+        parser.add_option("--spider", dest="spider",
+            help="use this spider")
+
+    def _print_response(self, response, opts):
+        open_in_browser(response)