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syntax: markdown
tags: [tldr, osx]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# open
> Open files, directories and applications.
> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/open.1.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}}`