I frequently find that a Terminal command to open a file in TextEdit would be very handy. Does such a command exist on Mac OS X?
MacOS – Opening TextEdit Files from Terminal
command linemacosterminaltextedit
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I ended up replacing TextEdit's code signature with an ad-hoc signature:
sudo codesign -f -s - /Applications/TextEdit.app/
It disables sandboxing, so for example the preference files are in ~/Library/Preferences/ instead of the sandbox container.
Edit: The dialogs returned after I reinstalled OS X, and now I'm getting errors like this for codesign -f -s -:
$ sudo codesign -f -s - /Applications/TextEdit.app/
/Applications/TextEdit.app/: replacing existing signature
/Applications/TextEdit.app/: object file format unrecognized, invalid, or unsuitable
I'm using https://github.com/jjgod/TextEditPlus for now. It's based on a version of TextEdit that came with 10.7, but it works with 10.8.2.
Hold down the Command or Ctrl key and click on the icon or file name in the center of the title bar of text edit's document window.
Be sure to click on the title itself. The containing directory structure will be shown in reverse-hierarchical order.
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open -a TextEdit filenameshould do the trick.The
-aflag specifies any application you want, so it's applicable to any number of situations, including ones where TextEdit isn't the default editor.Other relevant options
-topens in the default editor (i.e. if you use BBEdit, TextMate, etc.)-ewill open the file specifically in TextEdit