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hi

i am on macosx 10.2


i am creating file.txt with otherfile.pl

i would like to open file.txt in the app TextEdit through otherfile.pl

i have just installed Mac::Apps::Launch
but that is just capable of launching TextEdit ( to my knowledge )
and not opening file.txt

is there a way of creating a text file and at the same time open it in
TextEdit ?

[ please paste me into any possible reply since i am digested ]

thanks
jmcs3

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  • James Edward Gray II at Jan 4, 2004 at 1:30 am ⇧

    On Jan 3, 2004, at 3:08 PM, Johan Meskens CS3 jmcs3 wrote:

    hi
    Hello there.
    i am on macosx 10.2
    Welcome fellow Mac fan.
    i am creating file.txt with otherfile.pl

    i would like to open file.txt in the app TextEdit through otherfile.pl
    There is a command line app called 'open' you can shell out to for
    this. I'm not sure if it's part of the Mac OS X install or the
    Developer tools though, so if you don't find it try installing the
    tools.
    i have just installed Mac::Apps::Launch
    but that is just capable of launching TextEdit ( to my knowledge )
    and not opening file.txt

    is there a way of creating a text file and at the same time open it in
    TextEdit ?
    See if this one-liner gets you going:

    perl -e 'system "open -a TextEdit file.txt"'

    Good luck.

    James

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