macOS run an app from terminal

[Binju]

I create a cocoa application using xcode and i build it.

But i want to run the app from the terminal?

How to run an app from terminal?

 

[sammich]

open -a <yourappname>

Always seems to know where your app lives.

 

[Binju]

Sorry .That command is not doing anything

 

[sammich]

What command are you running?

And what is the name of your app (is it a compiled as a .app?) and where is it located?

 

[chown33]

Sorry .That command is not doing anything

You're not providing enough detail.

Post the exact command-line you tried. Copy and paste it into a post.

 

[Binju]

open filename.app

is working

 

[robj]

Even if it's not the best option, you can 'cd' into the filename.app folder and find the executable inside "filename.app/Resources/MacOS/" ( or around there ) folder and run it.

In the end, Finder shows the *.app file as a program but it's really a folder with the resources and the executables packed into.

 

[Binju]

Is it possible to pass the parameter with the open command in the terminal

For example,I need to play a song in a player,The songs list should come from a playlist.playlist so the playlist.playlist is a parameter of my app

So i need to pass

open filename.app playlist.playlist

 

[Cromulent]

Is it possible to pass the parameter with the open command in the terminal

For example,I need to play a song in a player,The songs list should come from a playlist.playlist so the playlist.playlist is a parameter of my app

So i need to pass

open filename.app playlist.playlist

man open

answers all!

Edit: I'm feeling nice. Use:

--args

 

[Binju]

[ Use:

--args

[/QUOTE]


ok.

So the code is

open filename.app --player.playlist

How can I get the player.playlist in to my application

 

[chown33]

So the code is

open filename.app --player.playlist

How can I get the player.playlist in to my application

Did you read the man page, as Cromulent suggested?

 

[Binju]

I wrote an application that plays the playlist from the resources of the application

What i want to do is , I need to play the playlist from some particular path

So if i give

open filename.app --args user/me/Player.playlist

in the terminal

My app should play the playlist from the user/me/Player.playlist.

If I give the above command in the terminal,myapp is opened and play the playlist in the resource.

But I dont know how to say to my app to take the playlist path specified in the terminal

Any idea?

 

[robbieduncan]

Try a Google search for "Cocoa application handle command line arguments". The very first result will tell you one option for getting the command line arguments in Cocoa.

 

[Binju]

When i run my app from terminal , In the console it does not display anything.

Why?