tldr/pages/osx/open.md

open

Opens 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}}