How to execute a .command file using Terminal?

Question

Once I navigate to a certain directory that has a .command file in it, how do I execute that file using Terminal?

Solution

If you want to execute it as if it was double-clicked in the Finder, you can use open foo.command. This will spawn a new Terminal window. If you want to execute it "inline", as it were, you can just use ./foo.command, as .command files must have the exec bit set in order to function.