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Enter a command. For example: systemsetup, open, mas, stat, launchd.

open

Opens files, directories and applications. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/open.html.

• Open a file with the associated application:
   
  open {{file.ext}}
   
• Run a graphical macOS application:
   
  open -a "{{Application}}"
   
• Run a graphical macOS app based on the bundle identifier (refer to osascript for an easy way to get this):
   
  open -b {{com.domain.application}}
   
• Open the current directory in Finder:
   
  open .
   
• Reveal a file in Finder:
   
  open -R {{path/to/file}}
   
• Open all the files of a given extension in the current directory with the associated application:
   
  open {{*.ext}}