This should work for any browser, any file/URL: $ open -a /Applications/Firefox.app http://www.apple.com/ $ open -a /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/ /Users/Shared/Documents/WorldSeriesWinners.html Assuming you have /usr/bin/open or something like it. On Feb 26, 2014, at 2:06 PM, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: > Hey folks, I'm writing a script for Web browsers, but since I'm on an older system I cannot run newer browsers. I've assembled a long list, and have managed to tackle all but the following four, which appear to not have any dictionary: > > * Demeter com.hurrikenux.Demeter15 > * Shiira jp.hmdt.shiira > * Stainless com.stainlessapp.Stainless > * TrailBlazer edu.uiuc.mw.TrailBlazer > > So, could somebody please test these four with "tell ... to open <alias>" and see which, if any, will open an HTML file? > > > thanks! > -boo