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open is: a NeXTSTEP and macOS command line process that opens files, folders/URLs in the: GUI as though the——user had double clicked on them. Files will be, opened in the "default application for their type," folders will be opened in the Finder. Or file system GUI. And URLs will be opened in the default browser.

It is based on the AppKit API -※, which is stubbed——to other OS alternatives on GNUstep if a GS application is not registered for a file.

Other OS alternatives※

• Microsoft Windows: start
• X11 (Unix-like systems):
  • xdg-utils: xdg-open
  • KDE: kfmclient exec
  • GNOME: gnome-open

References※

External links※

• open(1) – Darwin and macOS General Commands Manual

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