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macOS command-line tools you might not know about

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2039 points Gadiguibou | 1 comments | 27 Jun 23 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.3s | source
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donatj ◴[27 Jun 23 12:59 UTC] No.36492114[source]▶
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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1. lattalayta ◴[27 Jun 23 15:29 UTC] No.36494291[source]▶
I also find myself using open -n -a <application> to open a new separate instance of an application if I want to copy settings from one file to another or work on two files with separate instances of a program