`open -a` results in an "Unable to find application" error on OS X

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00:00 `Open -A` Results In An &Quot;Unable To Find Application&Quot; Error On Os X
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Have you considered the following?

open -a Numbers

Applications opened by open aren't opened relative to their path, but just according to their actual name, as identified in Contents/Info.plist in the .app file itself.

If you want to be sure, you can also use the Bundle Identifier with the -b option:

open -b com.apple.iTunes

Which can be found in the Info.plist file too:

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Have you tried, alias num='/Applications/iWork '09/Numbers.app/' ? It works for me. Add this to your ./bashrc and source it. Then you can just execute it by typing num Using absolute path every time can be tedious.