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cglong ◴[06 Nov 24 16:54 UTC] No.42065168[source]▶

One-liner for previewing a file with Quick Look. I aliased this to `ql` :)

    qlmanage -p $argv >/dev/null 2>&1

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1. hk1337 ◴[06 Nov 24 18:14 UTC] No.42066635[source]▶

I'm curious if there's a way to do this with standard input instead of having to supply a filename?

I do this with man pages but it opens up in a full Preview window, not QuickLook.

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2. archargelod ◴[06 Nov 24 23:25 UTC] No.42071158[source]▶

You can use process substitution[0] to have a command output act as a file:

  qlmanage -p <(man man) >/dev/null 2>&1

0 - https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Process-S... (it works in zsh too, but bash manual explains this feature more clearly)

Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities