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Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities

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700 points yen223 | 2 comments | 06 Nov 24 05:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.436s | source
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vbezhenar ◴[06 Nov 24 08:24 UTC] No.42058069[source]▶
Few additions.

open -n file.pdf : opens new instance of Preview application which is useful if you want to open the same file twice (for example to look at different pages at once).

caffeinate -d : prevents display turning off, useful if you want to look at display without moving mouse.

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wwader ◴[06 Nov 24 08:39 UTC] No.42058131[source]▶
open -a is nice, i use it with alias, ex:

  alias qt='open -a "quicktime player"'
  alias vlc='open -a "vlc"'
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1. FabHK ◴[06 Nov 24 16:04 UTC] No.42064357[source]▶
At least for me (I've installed vlc via homebrew), there is a vlc binary in the PATH, and I can just vlc <filename>
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2. qrios ◴[06 Nov 24 18:24 UTC] No.42066842[source]▶
The point here is to open a document with an app not assigned as default for the given mime-type by file name extension.