Running OS X Apps

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OS X does things a little weird when it comes to applications. It uses a method of combining all the bits necessary for running the application (ie, special libraries, configuration files, etc.) into one specially structured directory.

To run an application directly from the command line, follow one of the following two methods: 

$ open /Applications/MyApp.app

or 

$ /Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/myapp_binary
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