xed(1) [osx man page]

xed(1)							    BSD General Commands Manual 						    xed(1)

NAME

     xed -- Xcode text editor invocation tool.

SYNOPSIS

     xed [-xcwrbhv] [-l lineno] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

     The xed tool launches the Xcode application and opens the given documents, or opens a new untitled document, optionally with the contents of
     standard in.

OPTIONS

     The options for xed are similar to those for the command-line utiltiies for other text editors:

     -x, --launch
	      Launches Xcode opening a new empty unsaved file, without reading from standard input.

     -c, --create
	      Creates any files in the file list that do not already exist.  If used without --launch, standard input will be read and piped to
	      the last file created.

     -w, --wait
	      Wait for the files to be closed before exiting.  xed will idle in a run loop waiting for a notification from Xcode when each file is
	      closed, and will only terminate when all are closed.  This is useful when invoking it from a script.

     -l, --line <number>
	      Selects the given line in the last file opened.

     -b, --background
	      Opens Xcode without activating it; the process that invoked xed remains in front.

     -h, --help
	      Prints a brief summary of usage.

     -v, --version
	      Prints the version number of xed

     [file...]
	      A list of file paths.  Existing files will be opened; nonexistent files will be created only if the --create flag is passed.  If no
	      files are passed, then standard input will be read and piped into a new untitled dcument (unless --launch is passed).  If --create
	      and at least one nonexistent file name is passed, the last nonexistent file will be created, filled with the standard input, and
	      opened.

HISTORY

     xed was introduced in Mac OS X 10.5 with Xcode 3.0.

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OPEN(1) 						    BSD General Commands Manual 						   OPEN(1)

NAME

     open -- open files and directories

SYNOPSIS

     open [-e] [-t] [-f] [-F] [-W] [-R] [-n] [-g] [-h] [-b bundle_identifier] [-a application] file ... [--args arg1 ...]

DESCRIPTION

     The open command opens a file (or a directory or URL), just as if you had double-clicked the file's icon. If no application name is speci-
     fied, the default application as determined via LaunchServices is used to open the specified files.

     If the file is in the form of a URL, the file will be opened as a URL.

     You can specify one or more file names (or pathnames), which are interpreted relative to the shell or Terminal window's current working
     directory. For example, the following command would open all Word files in the current working directory:

     open *.doc

     Opened applications inherit environment variables just as if you had launched the application directly through its full path.  This behavior
     was also present in Tiger.

     The options are as follows:

     -a application
	 Specifies the application to use for opening the file

     -b bundle_indentifier
	 Specifies the bundle identifier for the application to use when opening the file

     -e  Causes the file to be opened with /Applications/TextEdit

     -t  Causes the file to be opened with the default text editor, as determined via LaunchServices

     -f  Reads input from standard input and opens the results in the default text editor.  End input by sending EOF character (type Control-D).
	 Also useful for piping output to open and having it open in the default text editor.

     -F  Opens the application "fresh," that is, without restoring windows. Saved persistent state is lost, except for Untitled documents.

     -W  Causes open to wait until the applications it opens (or that were already open) have exited.  Use with the -n flag to allow open to func-
	 tion as an appropriate app for the $EDITOR environment variable.

     -R  Reveals the file(s) in the Finder instead of opening them.

     -n  Open a new instance of the application(s) even if one is already running.

     -g  Do not bring the application to the foreground.

     -h  Searches header locations for a header whose name matches the given string and then opens it.	Pass a full header name (such as NSView.h)
	 for increased performance.

     --args
	 All remaining arguments are passed to the opened application in the argv parameter to main().	These arguments are not opened or inter-
	 preted by the open tool.

EXAMPLES

     "open '/Volumes/Macintosh HD/foo.txt'" opens the document in the default application for its type (as determined by LaunchServices).

     "open '/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/'" opens that directory in the Finder.

     "open -a /Applications/TextEdit.app '/Volumes/Macintosh HD/foo.txt'" opens the document in the application specified (in this case, TextE-
     dit).

     "open -b com.apple.TextEdit '/Volumes/Macintosh HD/foo.txt'" opens the document in the application specified (in this case, TextEdit).

     "open -e '/Volumes/Macintosh HD/foo.txt'" opens the document in TextEdit.

     "ls | open -f" writes the output of the 'ls' command to a file in /tmp and opens the file in the default text editor (as determined by
     LaunchServices).

     "open http://www.apple.com/" opens the URL in the default browser.

     "open 'file://localhost/Volumes/Macintosh HD/foo.txt'" opens the document in the default application for its type (as determined by Launch-
     Services).

     "open 'file://localhost/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/'" opens that directory in the Finder.

     "open -h NSView" lists headers whose names contain NSView and allows you to choose which ones to open.

     "open -a Xcode -h NSString.h" quickly opens /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Headers/NSString.h in Xcode.

HISTORY

     First appeared in NextStep.

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