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Opening Finder windows from the Terminal

The open command in Terminal is very powerful.

Opening Finder windows from the Terminal | Der Flounder.

You cant just open files and folders in Finder. You can type

open https://scriptingosx.com

to open a webpage in your default browser. Or

open vnc://hostname

To open a Screen Sharing session to a remote computer.

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Posted on 2013-03-062013-03-06Author abCategories Links, Tools

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