C C19H28O2 Registered Mar 12, 2006 #1 Hi, If I'm in my home directory could I open this in a finder window via the command line? Thanks C19
Hi, If I'm in my home directory could I open this in a finder window via the command line? Thanks C19
symphonix Scratch & Sniff Committee Mar 12, 2006 #2 Yes. The command is "open ~" You can open any file or directory with the "open" command. Type "man open" into the command line to see full instructions.
Yes. The command is "open ~" You can open any file or directory with the "open" command. Type "man open" into the command line to see full instructions.
tomdkat Registered Mar 13, 2006 #3 symphonix said: Yes. The command is "open ~" You can open any file or directory with the "open" command. Type "man open" into the command line to see full instructions. Click to expand... Neat. Peace...
symphonix said: Yes. The command is "open ~" You can open any file or directory with the "open" command. Type "man open" into the command line to see full instructions. Click to expand... Neat. Peace...
macbri Mac (r)evolution Mar 13, 2006 #4 symphonix said: Yes. The command is "open ~" Click to expand... To extend that into something more useful, the following command will open a Finder window in whatever directory you happen to be: open `pwd`
symphonix said: Yes. The command is "open ~" Click to expand... To extend that into something more useful, the following command will open a Finder window in whatever directory you happen to be: open `pwd`
X Xlator Registered Mar 23, 2006 #5 open ./ does the same. Why use two commands when you only need one?
macbri Mac (r)evolution Mar 24, 2006 #6 Xlator said: open ./ does the same. Why use two commands when you only need one? Click to expand... Good point, although why use two characters when you only need one? : "open ."
Xlator said: open ./ does the same. Why use two commands when you only need one? Click to expand... Good point, although why use two characters when you only need one? : "open ."
macbri Mac (r)evolution Mar 27, 2006 #8 tomdkat said: Ok, who can reduce this command to one character? Peace... Click to expand... Aliasing 'open .' to the letter f would reduce it to 2 characters: (f and <return>) Close but no cigar!
tomdkat said: Ok, who can reduce this command to one character? Peace... Click to expand... Aliasing 'open .' to the letter f would reduce it to 2 characters: (f and <return>) Close but no cigar!
