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Opening PDF Files in Bash Shell on Macs

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Start date Jun 30, 2008
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hoffmann

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Jun 30, 2008

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how do i open a PDF file in the bash shell on a mac?

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Jun 30, 2008

#2

Code:

open -a /Applications/Preview.app path/to/file.pdf

shoehorn

Jun 30, 2008

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D H said:

Actually, it should be simpler than that. On mine (Leopard), the following does the trick:

Code:

open path/to/file.pdf

hoffmann

Jun 30, 2008

#4

thanks guys -- i actually had to use port forwarding since the file was located on another computer cluster.

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