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I'm looking for one command that find path and open all of .app with only change app name in Terminal.

I tried :

mdfind "calendar.app" "kind:app" | grep -v '/Users/' | xargs open

Work well with calendar, safari, calculator --> find and open .app

But when i tried .app with space, it doesn't work:

mdfind "Google Chrome.app" "kind:app" | grep -v '/Users/' | xargs open

The files /Applications/Google and /Users/Simon/Chrome.app do not exist.

I tried with -0, \ but not work

Can u help me?

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As mdfind returns /Applications/Google Chrome.app, a name containing a space, you need to wrap it in quotes before you pass it to xargs.

mdfind "Google Chrome.app" "kind:app" | grep -v '/Users/' | awk '{print "\x27" $0 "\x27" }' | xargs open

Like this, awk will print a single quote (\x27) before and after the string, resulting in: '/Applications/Google Chrome.app'. Now, xargs will understand this input properly.

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