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# The xed - Xcode Text Editor Invocation Tool
- URL: https://developerinsider.co/xed-xcode-text-editor-invocation-tool/
- Published: 2020-05-31T05:01:11.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-05T11:07:27.000Z
- Author: Vineet Choudhary
- Tags: Tips, Xcode, iOS, xed, Editor

If you are in your Xcode project folder and your project has both a workspace(`.xcworkspace`) and a project(`.xcodeproj`) the file then you can use following command to open workspace in Xcode from your terminal -

```bash
xed .

```

If your project only has a project(`.xcodeproj`) the file then the same command will open your project.

You can also open/edit a single file from your Xcode project without launching the complete Xcode workspace or project. Like if you want to open your `Podfile` then we can open using -

```bash
xed Podfile

```

xed was introduced in Mac OS X 10.5 with Xcode 3.0.