NAME

uiopen — open an application or URL

SYNOPSIS

uiopen [-h] [-a name] [-b id] [-p path] [-u url]

DESCRIPTION

uiopen will open a specified app or URL, displaying it on SpringBoard.

OPTIONS

-a, --app name: Finds the app with name and opens it.
-b, --bundleid id: Opens the application with the specified bundle id.
-h, --help: Prints a help text
-p, --path path: Opens the application at the specified .app bundle.
-u, --url url: Opens the specified url in a browser for http or follows the url scheme.

EXAMPLES

To open github.com in the default browser

uiopen -u
  https://github.com

To open the Settings app

uiopen -a Settings

To open Sileo using it's path, /Applications/Sileo.app

uiopen -p
  /Application/Sileo.app

HISTORY

The uiopen utility first appeared in uikittools on August 18, 2008, written by Jay "Saurik" Freeman. Later, it was reimplemented by CoolStar for the Chimera jailbreak on April 30, 2019. The -u, -h, and -b were added to uiopen by absidue on December 25, 2020. The -a, and -p flags were added by absidue on August 12, 2021. The uiopen url format was deprecated on August 19, 2021.

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