CmdID

CmdID / Commands

open

open can refer to multiple commands with the same name. tldr-pages

On macOS

Opens CmdID with your command. It is read in your browser and sent nowhere.

Several platforms

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macOS

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Open files, directories, and applications.

Open a file with the associated application

open file.extIdentify

Run a graphical macOS application

open -a "Application"Identify

Run a graphical macOS app based on the bundle identifier (refer to osascript for an easy way to get this)

open -b com.domain.applicationIdentify

Open the current directory in Finder

open .Identify

Reveal a file in Finder

open -R path/to/fileIdentify

Open all the files of a given extension in the current directory with the associated application

open *.extIdentify

Open a new instance of an application specified via bundle identifier

open -n -b com.domain.applicationIdentify