Initiate calls via command line arguments?

[j-dimension]

Hi,

is there an option to initiate a call with Telephone using command line arguments (with the target phone number being one argument)

Thanks,
Jens

[eofster]

Yes, it is. Telephone can be set as the handler for tel: URLs. This can be done by selecting it as "Standard for calls" in FaceTime preferences. When a tel: URL is being opened, the OS should activate Telephone and pass the URL to it. Here's how one can open a URL from Terminal:

open tel:1234567890

Note that tel: URLs don't have slashes.