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Windows equivalent command for "open" command on Mac?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 20265113 views
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Coming from Mac OS X, you can type: and your file will open just as if you had opened it from Finder. On Windows, I'd like to be able to open files in the same manner. What's the command?

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open yourfilehere.txt

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In addition to the easy way that Luke pointed out, there's also the command: but watch out, if your filename has spaces in it, you'll need to do this:

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