It appears as if there are a few prospects for the supply of /usr/bin/open:
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In case you are utilizing Ventura, then it might have been put in as a part of the OS (perhaps 13.2.1, though there are conflicting stories)
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It’s a part of LogMeIn – a part of Citrix On-line, when you put in that. Citrix are a legit firm, however they do are inclined to fill your exhausting disk with cr*p
[Loaded] com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist (Adobe Inc. - put in 2023-02-14) Command: /usr/bin/open -a '/Functions/Utilities/Adobe Inventive Cloud Expertise/CCXProcess/CCXProcess.app' -
It’s a part of Adobe Inventive Cloud Expertise, when you put in that
[Loaded] com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist (Adobe Inc. - put in 2023-02-14) Command: /usr/bin/open -a '/Functions/Utilities/Adobe Inventive Cloud Expertise/CCXProcess/CCXProcess.app'The relation to Adobe Inventive Cloud Expertise (through
com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist) can be reiterated within the “greatest reply” on this hyperlink, I discovered an app known as “Open” within the checklist of login gadgets – can anybody determine what it’s?
Supply: usr/bin/open what’s it? is it secure?
Word that the command line outputs have been (apparently) created utilizing a (seemingly helpful) diagnostic instrument known as Etrecheck – I quoted the outputs from the hyperlink above – see Utilizing EtreCheck for extra info. I’ve by no means used this software program although, so I am unable to (personally) vouch for its reliability/authenticity, though it appears legit.
Yow will discover out extra about open from the person web page, by typing man open. As Marc Wilson has kindly identified, open has been round for the reason that daybreak of OS X, and prior.
Certainly, the underside of the person web page states the next:
HISTORY
First appeared in NextStep.
So, briefly, it’s nothing to fret about.
FWIW, This query has additionally been requested over on SuperUser, Suspicious script meddling with /usr/bin/open.