open <command...>

Open files, apps, or URLs using default application

Arguments

Name	Description
`command`	filepaths, folders

Name	Description
`-a <command>`	Specify the application to use for opening the file
`-b <command>`	Specify the bundle identifier of the app to use to open the file
`-D`	Reveals the enclosing folder in finder
`-e`	Opens the file with /Applications/TextEdit
`-t`	Open the file with the default text editor
`-f`	Read input from standard input and open the results in the default text editor
`-F,--fresh`	Opens the application without restoring windows
`-W,--wait-apps`	Waits until the applications exit
`-R,--reveal`	Reveals the file(s) in the Finder instead of opening them
`-n,--new`	Open a new instance of the application(s) even if one is already running
`-j,--hide`	Launches the app hidden
`-g,--background`	Do not bring the application to the foreground
`-h,--header`	Searches header locations for a header whose name matches the given string and then opens it
`-s <command>`	For -h, the SDK to use; if supplied, only SDKs whose names contain the argument value are searched
`-u,--url <command>`	Open this URL, even if it matches exactly a filepath
`-i,--stdin <command>`	Launches the application with stdin connected to PATH; defaults to /dev/null
`-o,--stdout <command>`	Launches the application with /dev/stdout connected to PATH
`--stderr <command>`	Launches the application with /dev/stderr connected to PATH
`--env <command>`	Repeatable ♾
`--args <command...>`	All remaining arguments are passed to the opened application in the argv parameter to main(). These arguments are not opened or interpreted by the open tool