Opening Finder from Xterm

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niusnius
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in macOS edited January 2014
Hi there,



I believe there is an application that allows me to open up a Finder window from my xterm / iterm / terminal that shows the contents of the directory I was in.



Am I right in thinking that? Does it work with all terminal programs?



Regards,

Nius.

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    open .



    Works like a charm.



    open uses LaunchServices to determine what app to send a file to. If you ask it to open a directory, it'll default to opening it in the Finder. The period is the shortcut for 'current directory'.
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  • Reply 2 of 4
    niusnius Posts: 58member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kickaha

    open .



    Works like a charm.



    open uses LaunchServices to determine what app to send a file to. If you ask it to open a directory, it'll default to opening it in the Finder. The period is the shortcut for 'current directory'.



    You beauty!

    And I thought I would need to download something as cumbersome as an application.



    Thanks.
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  • Reply 3 of 4
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Nope, Apple thought ahead.
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    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kickaha

    Nope, Apple thought ahead.



    Actually it took many people bitching about the lack of it in OSX Server 10.1 before they implemented it but yes it is easy.
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