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open -a is nice, i use it with alias, ex: alias qt='open -a "quicktime player"' alias vlc='open -a "vlc"'

• FabHK 2y ago
  At least for me (I've installed vlc via homebrew), there is a vlc binary in the PATH, and I can just vlc <filename>
  • qrios 2y ago
    The point here is to open a document with an app not assigned as default for the given mime-type by file name extension.