https://sambloomquist.com/tags/terminal/Recent content in Terminal on Sam BloomquistHugoen<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC 4.0</a>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:26:19 -0500https://sambloomquist.com/posts/2025/02/macos-open-command/Fri, 14 Feb 2025 01:08:07 +0000https://sambloomquist.com/posts/2025/02/macos-open-command/<p>macOS has a neat program for opening files, directories, and urls from the command line.</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>open file.ext </code></pre><p>will open <code>file.ext</code> from your current directory in whatever default app you have configured for the given files&rsquo; extension. For example <code>open paper.pdf</code> will open Preview or another PDF viewer and <code>open foobar.py</code> will open the editor you have configured for <code>.py</code> files (configurable in Finder).</p> <p>It can also open directories for viewing in Finder with <code>open /path/to/my/dir</code> or even urls with <code>open https:example.com</code> in your default web browser.</p>