How can I open a file in its default application from the command line in OS X?

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                          How can I open a file in its default application from the command line?  

For example if I have a file foo.doc, can I type command ./foo.doc into the CLI and have that file open in Word?

Note: on my linux machine, I would use xdg-open but that doesn't work on my Mac.

Asked by DQdlM (1088 rep)

Aug 15, 2012, 04:01 PM
Last activity: Sep 6, 2018, 03:37 PM

How can I open a file in its default application from the command line in OS X?

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