Comments on: Open a folder in the Finder from the Terminal

By: How to Access AOL Email in Mac OS X Mail | ROYALMAIL

How to Access AOL Email in Mac OS X Mail | ROYALMAIL — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:42:53 +0000

[...] escape the command line straight into Finder, type “open .” at a Terminal prompt. To escape the AOL Mail web interface straight into Mail: ›› You can [...]

By: How to Access AOL Email in Mac OS X Mail | DAILYMAIL

How to Access AOL Email in Mac OS X Mail | DAILYMAIL — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:25:37 +0000

[...] escape the command line straight into Finder, type “open .” at a Terminal prompt. To escape the AOL Mail web interface straight into Mail: ›› You can [...]

By: David Kanenwisher

David Kanenwisher — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:24:31 +0000

Thanks a lot for posting this. I knew there had to be an easy way to do it.

By: Don Smith

Don Smith — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:13:50 +0000

The first hit in the search engine and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for posting!

By: yaauie

yaauie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:59:16 +0000

@Cainofnod, @esaruocho:

I'd highly suggest against aliasing finder to the open binary. Open is a very flexible general-use bin that does a whole lot more than just open directories in the Finder. It'll take any file or directory and open it with the default helper, or if provided an -a arg, in the Application supplied. Aliasing it for such a specific use will lead to confusion (man finder will turn up nothing).

By: Allan

Allan — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:04:03 +0000

Brilliant trick!

By: esaruoho

esaruoho — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:55:05 +0000

thanks Cainofnod!! exactly what i needed

By: Cainofnod

Cainofnod — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:31:12 +0000

You sure can have it your way:

alias finder='open'

By: Ankit

Ankit — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:53:29 +0000

Thanks dude… I was searching for it from quiet some time.

By: Thiago

Thiago — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:45:26 +0000

Very simple but great tip! Made my life easier =P

Thanks a lot!