| Tip 325 | Start GUI Apps from the Command Line |
Sometimes it’s necessary to start GUI apps from within a Terminal window. Here’s how that can be done.
Opening Finder
To start a Finder window displaying the location you’re currently browsing at the command prompt, just type the following:
| | open . |
That’s open followed by a period. Any path will work here, along with relative paths: open ../ opens the parent of the folder currently being browsed, for example, while open / opens a Finder window displaying the root of the filesystem.
Note that the Terminal window can now be closed without affecting the Finder window.
Opening Files
The open command could also be described as the command-line equivalent of double-clicking a file. Any file specified after ...
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