[X-Unix] "open" command syntax?

[James Bucanek]

Warren Pollans wrote on Friday, January 13, 2006:

>I'm using 10.3.9 with firefox as my default browser.
>
>"open -a mozilla"  opens mozilla
>
>BUT "open -a mozilla http://google.com" opens firefox

You're mixing metaphores. Mozilla is an application. 'http://google.com/' is an URL. The 'open' command opens applications, documents, documents with an application, documents with TextEdit, documents with the default text editor, or URLs. But it won't send an URL to an arbitrary application.

>QUESTION: how do I open a url in mozilla from the commandline?

AppleScript?

osascript -e 'tell application "Firefox" to open location "http://www.apple.com/"'

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James Bucanek