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A nice thing about Apple’s Terminal is the open [0] command. I miss that in Windows Powershell and would likely miss it in Linux as well.

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[0]: https://scriptingosx.com/2017/02/the-macos-open-command/

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Linux and windows also have this command. Under windows it is called start. Under Linux it is called open as well.

> Under Linux it is called open as well.

You mean xdg-open? I'm not aware of a commonly available "open" tool under Linux.

I eventually found out about xdg-open, but I'm glad that I didn't know about it from the start. I learned to open things the more "normal" way (eg `soffice document.doc`).

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