Re: Command-line apps now harder (Can you pass arguments?)

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From: "For deposit only"
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 19:42

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In article <1992Sep2.141110.19865@pencom.com> alex@laos (Alex D. Nghiem)  
writes:
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> You can always use open, such as open Example.app to launch the application.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> Alex Duong Nghiem          Phone: (512) 343-1111

How can you also pass arguments to the application being opened.  e.g, open  
bar.app and have it open a file called "foo".  

I tried "open bar.app foo" but it doesn't work.

Thanx,

imran

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