man open ;) 'open <file>' will open <file> with its default program if there is one. 'open -a <program> <file>' will open <file> with <program>
and my personal favorite, 'open -a <program>' just launches the program as though you clicked it on the dock or double-clicked it in the finder (and remember that Mac is case-insensitive). i.e. "open -a textedit" or "open -a app\ store" if you've downloaded the latest update. --Jason On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Marcelo Chiapparini < marcelo.chiappar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all! I've just turned off the "hide extension" feature in Finder. Thanks > to all of you for the help. After years of working with Linux, this is my > first time with a Mac... and I am loving. BTW, what is the '"open" > utility Apple added to BSD'? can you point me to some information? Thanks! > > > 2011/1/6 Jason Swails <jason.swa...@gmail.com> > >> Or you can just live in the terminal :). I find it faster than navigating >> Finder, and the "open" utility Apple added to BSD is quite handy. >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org>wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jan 5, 2011, at 11:22, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: >>> >>> > TextEdit added an "txt" extension to the file, so, the file >>> qhdmmint.gplt was saved as qhdmmint.gplt.txt in the disk. This was why >>> gnuplot didn't find it! Now, erasing the "txt" and moving qhdmmint.gplt.txt >>> to qhdmmint.gplt I got my graph normally. The weird thing is that >>> qhdmmint.gplt.txt appeared without the "txt"extension in Finder, that was >>> why I was confused with the names... >>> >>> Yes, the Finder hides filename extensions by default. One of the first >>> things I do on my Macs is disable that feature. It may help Grandma be less >>> scared of her computer, but it does not help people who know how computers >>> work. To disable this feature, choose Preferences from the Finder menu in >>> the menubar, click Advanced, and check the checkbox "Show all filename >>> extensions." >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Jason M. Swails >> Quantum Theory Project, >> University of Florida >> Ph.D. Graduate Student >> 352-392-4032 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> macports-users mailing list >> macports-users@lists.macosforge.org >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users >> >> > > > -- > Marcelo Chiapparini > http://sites.google.com/site/marcelochiapparini > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > macports-users@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users > > -- Jason M. Swails Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida Ph.D. Graduate Student 352-392-4032
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