Kannan Moudgalya wrote:
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Because of the familiarity from linux days, I had liked using xterm. Is
ther any real reason why one would prefer xterm in mac os x over Terminal?
No.
I have a new question: How does one invoke the programs on the dock from
command line? Using "man open", I found that commands of the form "open
-b bundle_identifier" would work for the programs that come with mac.
For example, "open -b com.apple.Safari" can be used to open Safari from
the command line. But I can't figure out the bundle_identifier of other
programs. I recently installed carbon emacs and adobe reader and I would
like to call them from command line. Thanks.
You can use "open -a Safari" or "open -a Safari.app" or "open -a
/Applications/Safari.app". You need to know the real name of the app,
which is not easy either. "open -a Adobe\ Reader\ 7.0.5.app" works for
me, for example, although this is version 7.0.7. Neither "open -a Adobe\
Reader" nor "open -a Adobe\ Reader\ 7.0.5" will work.
As for the bundle identifier, look for CFBundleIdentifier in
*.app/Contents/Info.plist. Or browse your ~/Library/Preferences directory.
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