Opening other files on Mac OS How to open non-text files? Mac OS: "open" • Opens the program associated with this file • Like double-clicking in Finder • Opens in Aqua graphical user interface open index.html open. open -a Preview picture.jpg Opens html file in browser Opens current directory in Finder Opens picture.jpg with Preview
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