Revisions to How can I open a file in its default application from the command line in OS X? [duplicate]

Change 'window' to 'instance' as per user495470's comment and the man page for 'open'.

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edited Sep 6, 2018 at 15:37

open foo.doc, Use:

open foo.doc

or open -n foo.doc, alternatively:

open -n foo.doc

to force it to open a new instance if one is already open for that app.

open foo.doc, or open -n foo.doc to force it to open a new instance if one is already open for that app.

Use:

open foo.doc

or, alternatively:

open -n foo.doc

to force it to open a new instance if one is already open for that app.

Change 'window' to 'instance' as per user495470's comment and the man page for 'open'.

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open foo.doc, or open -n foo.doc to force it to open a new windowinstance if one is already open for that app.

open foo.doc, or open -n foo.doc to force it to open a new window if one is already open for that app.

open foo.doc, or open -n foo.doc to force it to open a new instance if one is already open for that app.

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edited Aug 15, 2012 at 16:33

"open foo.doc"open foo.doc, or "open -n foo.doc"open -n foo.doc to force it to open a new window if one is already open for that app.

"open foo.doc", or "open -n foo.doc" to force it to open a new window if one is already open for that app.

open foo.doc, or open -n foo.doc to force it to open a new window if one is already open for that app.

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created Aug 15, 2012 at 16:04

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