Launch Minecraft From Terminal

These three commands should work for you:

1. cd /
2. cd Applications
3. open Minecraft.app

This assumes that you have Minecraft in your Applications folder. Also, make sure to run the commands separately, in the order listed above.

On Mac

1. Open Spotlight (search in top right of desktop), Search for "Terminal".

2. Paste this into the Terminal:

   /Applications/Minecraft.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher
   

You will receive console logs that contain details about software activity.

When Minecraft crashes, it may provide a backtrace directly in the console or it may provide a crash log if the entire application crashes. If the console doesn't show what you are looking for look for a recent hs_err_pid* file instead. For more information:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/8121186/3196753

Note, neither Microsoft, Mojang or Minecraft wiki mention running the software through terminal for debugging. The official bug submission guidelines are provided here:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/games/game-titles/how-to-report-minecraft-bug