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Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities

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700 points yen223 | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 05:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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1. seec ◴[06 Nov 24 20:30 UTC] No.42068855[source]▶
That's one of macOS pitfalls: the inability to open 2 instances of the same app, simply using the default GUI is annoying sometimes.

I think Windows is right in that matter...