xed(1) BSD General Commands Manual xed(1)NAMExed — Xcode text editor invocation tool.
SYNOPSISxed [-xcwrbhv] [-l lineno] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
The xed tool launches the Xcode application and opens the given docu‐
ments, or opens a new untitled document, optionally with the contents of
standard in.
OPTIONS
The options for xed are similar to those for the command-line utiltiies
for other text editors:
-x, --launch
Launches Xcode opening a new empty unsaved file, without reading
from standard input.
-c, --create
Creates any files in the file list that do not already exist.
If used without --launch, standard input will be read and piped
to the last file created.
-w, --wait
Wait for the files to be closed before exiting. xed will idle
in a run loop waiting for a notification from Xcode when each
file is closed, and will only terminate when all are closed.
This is useful when invoking it from a script.
-l, --line <number>
Selects the given line in the last file opened.
-b, --background
Opens Xcode without activating it; the process that invoked xed
remains in front.
-h, --help
Prints a brief summary of usage.
-v, --version
Prints the version number of xed
[file...]
A list of file paths. Existing files will be opened; nonexis‐
tent files will be created only if the --create flag is passed.
If no files are passed, then standard input will be read and
piped into a new untitled dcument (unless --launch is passed).
If --create and at least one nonexistent file name is passed,
the last nonexistent file will be created, filled with the stan‐
dard input, and opened.
HISTORYxed was introduced in Mac OS X 10.5 with Xcode 3.0.
Mac OS April 27, 2024 Mac OS
