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'''open''' is a [[NeXTSTEP]] and [[macOS]] [[command line interface|command line]] [[software application|process]] that opens files, folders or URLs in the [[graphical user interface|GUI]] as though the user had [[double click]]ed on them.  Files will be opened in the default application for their type, folders will be opened in the Finder or file system GUI, and URLs will be opened in the default browser. 

It is based on the [[AppKit]] API {{code|-[NSWorkspace openURL:]}}, which is stubbed to other OS alternatives on [[GNUstep]] if a GS application is not registered for a file.<ref>{{cite web |title=GNUstep - Bugs: bug #34490, -[NSWorkspace open*] native system... [Savannah] |url=http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?34490 |website=savannah.gnu.org}}</ref>

== Other OS alternatives ==

* [[Microsoft Windows]]: {{mono|[[start (command)|start]]}}
* [[X Window System|X11]] ([[Unix-like]] systems):
** [[xdg-utils]]: {{mono|xdg-open}}
** [[KDE]]: {{mono|kfmclient exec}}
** [[GNOME]]: {{mono|gnome-open}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Man|1|open|Darwin}}

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[[Category:Unix windowing system-related software]]
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