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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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mjs ◴[06 Nov 24 10:33 UTC] No.42059558[source]▶
Does `open` give focus? It used to, but since a few releases ago the app opens in the background, which is pretty annoying.

My poor workaround is to use osascript: `tell application "System Events" to set frontmost of process "Finder" to true`

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1. justletmein ◴[06 Nov 24 20:31 UTC] No.42068883[source]▶
Isn’t open opening apps in the background a consequence of having “secure keyboard entry” enabled in Terminal.app?