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I'm trying to open a file in Numbers via terminal. I found the suggested command here: How to open files via Terminal

So I tried:

open -a "Numbers" filepath/filename

And I get:

bash: open: command not found

As a test I used open to simply open a photo via terminal and that worked fine so I'm not sure where I went wrong above.

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  • Can you just copy/paste the command from the question into Terminal and try again (with a real path/name of course)? If open sometimes works and sometimes doesn't you just may have a typo somewhere
    – nohillside ♦
    Commented Feb 5, 2021 at 18:17
  • what does type -a open show? Is /usr/bin in your $PATH?
    – glenn jackman
    Commented Feb 5, 2021 at 18:20
  • I forgot I was SSHing into a live server to access the file. I'm guessing that's why I couldn't open it. Downloaded it and was able to use the command as written to open it in Numbers. Thank you for the replies, they helped me realize what was going on.
    – Jack
    Commented Feb 5, 2021 at 20:00
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    I’m voting to close this question because the issue is effectively a user error - ie ssh means that open does not work. The user has not come back and edited the question and added his comment as an answer which would be useful for others in the same state. As the question does not mention it we get answers wasting they time on it,
    – mmmmmm
    Commented Mar 6 at 21:14
  • The error message itself just tells you that open is not in your PATH (and not a function or alias either). It does not say whether or not open would do something reasonable if you are in a ssh shell. Probably it wouldn't, but this is not the point here.
    – user1934428
    Commented Mar 7 at 9:29

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I'm using Monterey and I get Numbers open with:

open <path>/<file>.csv
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  • The issue is solved - see Jack's last comment - it does not work if you are not running in the desktop.
    – mmmmmm
    Commented Mar 6 at 21:12

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