When mentioning `open` they should have noted that `open <file>` will open the given file with its associated app.
It’s indispensable.
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It’s indispensable.
open .
if you need to drag a file somewhere. One thing that kind of breaks my muscle memory here is the opposite, something like firefox file.html
doesn't work and you have to fiddle with the arguments to get open to launch a non-default application. alias firefox="open -a Firefox"
This will work