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
SEE ALSO
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.