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"open" from the command line just hangs using iTerm2

The

open -a <AppName.app>

is not working on one of my Yosemite based macbooks. The other one - also with Yosemite - works fine.

open -a TextEdit.app ~/out

(just hangs )

I have also tried other apps - to make sure the problem were not specifically with TextEdit. Nothing works. Also I am able to use Finder to open apps with TextEdit.

AFA the app's attempted: let us look at a simple built-in one:

 $open -a TextEdit.app ~/out

Note that "open" has not been disturbed in any way: it is the one shipped with the MacBook

12:23:07/Applications $which open
/usr/bin/open

ls -lrta $(which open)
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  92912 Sep 12  2014 /usr/bin/open

"open" from the command line just hangs

The

open -a <AppName.app>

is not working on one of my Yosemite based macbooks. The other one - also with Yosemite - works fine.

open -a TextEdit.app ~/out

(just hangs )

I have also tried other apps - to make sure the problem were not specifically with TextEdit. Nothing works. Also I am able to use Finder to open apps with TextEdit.

AFA the app's attempted: let us look at a simple built-in one:

 $open -a TextEdit.app ~/out

Note that "open" has not been disturbed in any way: it is the one shipped with the MacBook

12:23:07/Applications $which open
/usr/bin/open

ls -lrta $(which open)
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  92912 Sep 12  2014 /usr/bin/open

"open" from the command line just hangs using iTerm2

The

open -a <AppName.app>

is not working on one of my Yosemite based macbooks. The other one - also with Yosemite - works fine.

open -a TextEdit.app ~/out

(just hangs )

I have also tried other apps - to make sure the problem were not specifically with TextEdit. Nothing works. Also I am able to use Finder to open apps with TextEdit.

AFA the app's attempted: let us look at a simple built-in one:

 $open -a TextEdit.app ~/out

Note that "open" has not been disturbed in any way: it is the one shipped with the MacBook

12:23:07/Applications $which open
/usr/bin/open

ls -lrta $(which open)
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  92912 Sep 12  2014 /usr/bin/open

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asked Aug 19, 2015 at 19:27

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"open" from the command line just hangs

The

open -a <AppName.app>

is not working on one of my Yosemite based macbooks. The other one - also with Yosemite - works fine.

open -a TextEdit.app ~/out

(just hangs )

I have also tried other apps - to make sure the problem were not specifically with TextEdit. Nothing works. Also I am able to use Finder to open apps with TextEdit.

AFA the app's attempted: let us look at a simple built-in one:

 $open -a TextEdit.app ~/out

Note that "open" has not been disturbed in any way: it is the one shipped with the MacBook

12:23:07/Applications $which open
/usr/bin/open

ls -lrta $(which open)
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  92912 Sep 12  2014 /usr/bin/open

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