How to start OS X applications from the command line with optional arguments? I am looking for an easy way to start different GUI OS X applications from the command line and with different parameters.

If possible I would like to add them to the system PATH in order to call them easier.

Note:  I tried open -a "Google Chrome" --args --disable-plugins and it started Chrome but without disabling the plugins.
Normally you can find the actual executable in the Contents/MacOS folder of the Application bundle. For Chrome try it like so:

/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --disable-plugins