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		FabHK on Nov 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities At least for me (I've installed vlc via homebrew), there is a vlc binary in the PATH, and I can just vlc <filename>

qrios on Nov 6, 2024 [–]

The point here is to open a document with an app not assigned as default for the given mime-type by file name extension.

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