Extra empty argument is passed

[huyz]

If I'm trying to launch /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/MacVim, what gets invoked is:

open -a "/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/MacVim" "/Users/huyz/Documents/Vaults/Vault/Obsidian playground.md" --args ""

The extra blank argument "" makes an empty window be opened too.

So I guess this is a bug and blank arguments should not be passed at all.

[akhiljalagam]

I've encountered the same issue. An additional empty argument is being passed and there are also problems with quotation marks. I have found a workaround for this problem by using this script on a Linux system.

#!/bin/bash

for arg in "$@"; do
  if [[ "$arg" != '' ]]; then
    args="$arg"
  fi
done

xdg-open "$args"

[jasonish]

If hitting this typing to open files with emacs, just add --visit as an extra argument.