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I often use the terminal as a launcher. I have set up several aliases and scripts to open frequently used apps. For example, occasionally I run NetInfo Manager, but I do not use it often enough to take up room in the dock. I have the following entry in my .bashrc file.
I just enter the command -Mark
Terminal
I'll second open(1) as a great all purpose launcher. In terminal open <filename> generally does the right thing, even with directories. From shell scripts and (especially) emacs, it's really handy. Back in the Sun, AIX, then Linux days, it was necessary to supply a "helper application" for each mime-type. Now open suffices for all of them. Swanky.
Terminal
Yep, I do that for some applications. Finder/Dock and Spotlight for some others. |
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