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Access Finder's "Open With" menu from the commandline (for tab completion)

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Mar 15, 20261240 views
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Problem

On Mac OS X, I know one can open a file from the commandline with its default application with , and with other applications with . Thus, all work. My only complaint is that when I type it completes over all applications that exist on the computer — for instance in zsh I get — while what I would li…

Error Output

open movie.avi
open -a VLC movie.avi
open movie.avi -a VLC

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Fix for: Access Finder's "Open With" menu from the commandline (for tab completion)

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AllApplications (archive.org) duti (It's missing some apps that are displayed in the open with menu though.)

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