open application with spaces in name [bash][OSX] Post: 302678263

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. OS X (Apple)

Help! What is best language to use to build OSX application?

Hi, We need to build an application for work that will run on OSX. It will be fairly simple, in which the user will use a mouse to grab objects on the screen and move them to a target location. The program will need to record information about accuracy and speed, and output that data at the end. ...

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Which application has a TCP socket open

If I do a netstat -a I can see all the sockets currently open, is there a way that I can tell which application is holding open these sockets ?

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Upgrading bash on Darwin (osx)

Hi, I have installed bash 3.2 via darwin ports, however when I try and change the shell i.e. chsh -s /opt/local/bin/bash is says its a non-standard shell? but if i run ./bash i get a new bash prompt with version 3.2? Thanks

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Open file with correct application

Can someone please help me with my bourne shell script. I am a struggling newbie. I need create a script that will read an argument from a command line, access a config file with application file types, and open the file with the correct application. The file needs to be able to handle file...

5. OS X (Apple)

Check for open application

Hi there, Is there any command to check if a particular application is open on a mac? thanks :)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/bash and #1bin/sh command not found error on mac osx terminal/shell script

i am having a weird error on mac os x running some shell scripts. i am a complete newbie at this and this question concerns 2 scripts. one of which a friend of mine wrote (videochecker.sh) a couple weeks ago and it's been running fine on another machine. then last week i wrote capture.sh and it...

7. OS X (Apple)

bash script for dseditgroups in OSX

Hi there, Hope this isn't too complex of a script to try to make but this is what I'm trying to do. Create a new group and add local users that aren't admin to the group. So let's say the new group is 'cats' and 'dog' is the only admin on the machine. Let's say most machines only have one...

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

OSX, bash, cat with <<MARKER executing commands

I have a script that writes another script with cat >/usr/local/bin/myscript.sh <<EOF #!/bin/sh VAR=`run a command here` EOF Problem is, after this is run, I get: $ cat /usr/local/bin/myscript.sh #!/bin/sh VAR=result of command How do I stop that from happening with Macs...

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

OSX bash & expect

I have a script that must perform a 'sudo' operation on each of a number of hosts. I'm trying to get expect working so I only have to enter it once, and have run into a couple of issues. First, several examples suggest to use: /usr/bin/expect <<EOD spawn ssh -t $host /usr/bin/sudo -v...

LEARN ABOUT CENTOS

kpsewhich

KPSEWHICH(1)						      General Commands Manual						      KPSEWHICH(1)

NAME

       kpsewhich - standalone path lookup and and expansion for kpathsea

SYNOPSIS

       kpsewhich [options] [filenames]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.	The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual
       Kpathsea: A library for path searching.

       kpsewhich is used as a standalone front-end of the kpathsea library that can be used to examine variables and find files.  When the -format
       option is not given, the search path used when looking for a file is inferred from the name given, by looking for a known extension.  If no
       known extension is found, the search path for TeX source files is used.

OPTIONS

       kpsewhich accepts the following options:

       -debug num
	      Set debugging flags.

       -D num Use a base resolution of num; the default, set by the installer, is typically 600.

       -dpi num
	      As -D.

       -engine string
	      Set $engine in the environment, which is used in some search paths.

       -expand-braces string
	      Print variable and brace expansion of string.

       -expand-path string
	      Print complete path expansion of string.

       -expand-var string
	      Print variable expansion of string.

       -format name
	      Use file type name.  See the info manual for a list of valid names, or use the -help option to print the list.

       -help  Print help message and exit.

       -interactive
	      Ask for additional filenames to look up.

       -mktex fmt
	      enable mktexfmt generation.  (fmt=pk/mf/tex/tfm)

       -mode string
	      Set device name for $MAKETEX_MODE to string; no default.

       -must-exist
	      Search the disk as well as ls-R if necessary.

       -no-mktex fmt
	      disable mktexfmt generation.  (fmt=pk/mf/tex/tfm)

       -path string
	      Search in the path string.

       -progname string
	      Set program name to string.

       -show-path name
	      Output search path for file type name.  See the info manual for a list of valid names, or use the -help option to print the list.

       -var-value variable
	      Print the expansion of variable.

       -version
	      Print version information and exit.

SEE ALSO

       mktexlsr(1), mktexmf(1), mktexpk(1), mktextfm(1).

Kpathsea 6.1.0							   1 March 2011 						      KPSEWHICH(1)