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avernet
avernet

Reputation: 31753

IntelliJ: how to open files in an existing IntelliJ from the command line

I always have an IntelliJ running. Sometimes I want to open a file from outside IntelliJ. I can drag and drop a file to IntelliJ if am in the Finder, but if I am on the command line on OS X, how can I instruct IntelliJ to open a certain file? I am looking for something similar to the mate command provided by TextMate.

Upvotes: 57

Views: 25429

Answers (4)

soolaugust
soolaugust

Reputation: 295

If you want to open file from internel terminal in idea, using following command and press CTRL+ENTER:

open path/of/your/file

absolute path and relative path are all supported.

Upvotes: 8

Timothée Jeannin
Timothée Jeannin

Reputation: 9912

It's actually already implemented in the linux and OS X version of IntelliJ IDEA.

Tools > Create Command-line Launcher...

Not sure it's available for windows.

Upvotes: 95

Klas Mellbourn
Klas Mellbourn

Reputation: 44377

idea is the command you are looking for.

At least if you install "IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate", it will create the command idea by default in /usr/local/bin/

Upvotes: 3

avernet
avernet

Reputation: 31753

Edit your ~/.bash_profile adding the following, changing the path to version of IntelliJ you'd like to use:

alias "ij=open -a /Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA\ 9.0.2.app"

Then from the command line, open files with ij your-file.txt.

Upvotes: 41

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