nushell/docs/commands/open.md

title	layout	version
open	command	0.59.1

Opens a file.

Signature

> open (filename) --raw

Parameters

• filename: the filename to use
• --raw: open file as raw binary

Examples

Open a file, with structure (based on file extension)

> open myfile.json

Open a file, as raw bytes

> open myfile.json --raw

Open a file, using the input to get filename

> echo 'myfile.txt' | open