Command to quickview files (like cmd+y in finder)

Question

To open a file with the default application, I can run open file, is there a command that will open the quickview for a file, like if I'd selected it in finder and pressed command+y?

Answer 1

what os version are you running? 10.5 included a program called qlmanage which can do exactly what you want. In terminal, simply type:

qlmanage -p [file]

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