`open -a` results in an "Unable to find application" error on OS X
Have you considered the following?
open -a Numbers
Applications opened by open
aren't opened relative to their path, but just according to their actual name, as identified in Contents/Info.plist
in the .app
file itself.
If you want to be sure, you can also use the Bundle Identifier with the -b
option:
open -b com.apple.iTunes
Which can be found in the Info.plist
file too: