Open file with Quick Look from command shell

Question

Mac OS X has the very convenient open command to open any file from the command line in the same way that the Finder would.

thilo$ open a.pdf

Is there a similar command for opening the file with Quick Look?

Answer 1

To open files with Quick Look from the command line, you can use the qlmanage command
(Quick Look Server debug and management tool):

qlmanage -p path/to/file

For more information, you can read the manual:

man qlmanage

Answer 2

quicklook is now an alias for qlmanage -p

quicklook /PATH/TO/FILE