System Grab Bag

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open

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

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