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$ pbpaste | xargs -n1 -I{} open {}
try on your machine
This command is used to open the files that are in the clipboard (copied using the pbpaste command) in macOS using the open command.
pbpaste
command is used to paste the data that is currently in the clipboard in macOS.|
is a pipe symbol and it is used to pass the output of one command as input to another command.xargs
is a command that is used to build and execute command lines from the standard input.-n1
flag specifies that xargs should execute the command once for each line of input.-I{}
is used to define a placeholder{}
which will be replaced by the input values.open {}
is the command that will be executed for each input value. It opens the passed file(s) using the default application assigned to that file type.
So, overall, this command combines the functionality of pbpaste
and open
commands to open each file in the clipboard using the default application in macOS.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.