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2039 points Gadiguibou | 1 comments | 27 Jun 23 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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apocalyptic0n3 ◴[27 Jun 23 20:08 UTC] No.36498002[source]▶
`open` is one I use all the time. I love that simple command.

    alias tab='open . -a iterm'
    alias phpstorm='open -a "PhpStorm"'
    alias smerge='open -a "Sublime Merge"'
etc. I use those more than I do the Open/Recents dialogs in the respective apps.
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movedx ◴[27 Jun 23 22:36 UTC] No.36499642[source]▶
> alias tab='open . -a iterm'

But if you just open a new tab, you'll be in the same $CWD in the new tab? Am I missing some trick here?

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1. apocalyptic0n3 ◴[28 Jun 23 14:52 UTC] No.36507329[source]▶
I forget that's an option. I really dislike that and prefer for new tabs to open in my home directory. So having my `tab` alias that I use a couple times a week and opening the other 100 tabs in my home directory fits my workflow.