open
Opens files, directories and applications. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/open.html.
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Open a file with the associated application:
open {{file.ext}}
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Run a graphical macOS [a]pplication:
open -a "{{Application}}"
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Run a graphical macOS app based on the [b]undle identifier (refer to
osascript
for an easy way to get this):
open -b {{com.domain.application}}
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Open the current directory in Finder:
open .
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[R]eveal a file in Finder:
open -R {{path/to/file}}
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Open all the files of a given extension in the current directory with the associated application:
open {{*.ext}}
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Open a [n]ew instance of an application specified via [b]undle identifier:
open -n -b {{com.domain.application}}
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