Open file with Quick Look from command shell

Question

Mac OS X has the very convenient open command to open any file from the command line in the same way that the Finder would.

thilo$ open a.pdf

Is there a similar command for opening the file with Quick Look?

Andrew McGregor · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-09 05:48:29Z

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qlmanage -p file will do what you want, I think.

answered Jan 9, 2010 at 5:48

Andrew McGregor

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qlmanage -p /PATH/TO/FILE works like a charm. If you need more info check man qlmanage
– Chealion
Jan 9, 2010 at 8:39
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Nice. I'll alias that to "ql".
– Thilo
Jan 10, 2010 at 0:56
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I have it aliased to qlmanage -p 2>/dev/null to suppress error messages.
– Doug Harris
Feb 25, 2010 at 16:56

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