Examples for commands to launch
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## Examples for commands to launch

The command to launch can be anything that is also executable from a shell or command prompt. One example is starting a shell window for entering such commands.

On Windows, this could be `cmd.exe` which is in the `%PATH%`.

On Linux, it could be `xterm` if on the `$PATH`, or better `/usr/bin/X11/xterm` or a similar complete path.

On Mac OS X, one could use `/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app`. Beware: Both the Launch configuration file names and the Mac OS application directories use an extension `*.app`. In your CSS workspace you can create a file `Terminal.app` that contains the launch configuration for the Mac OS X terminal window application `/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app`. Running that launcher in CSS will then start the Mac OS X terminal application.

If you want to launch a program that requires additional command-line arguments, you can create a batch file or shell script to invoke the program as desired and then use that batch file or shell script as the launcher command.

On Windows or Mac OS X the command can also be the path to a file where the operating system knows how to handle that file. For example, if double-clicking on a `*.doc` file will open MS Word on your computer, you can use the full path to such `*.doc` files as launcher commands. When activating such a command, the operating system will open MS Word with the document.

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