Open file on IntelliJ from iTerm 2

Question

I have output in my iTerm that is like:

  File project/path/path/file.py:56:54 extra text information

How can I open this file in IntelliJ with a single click?

Answer 1

For version RubyMine 2024.1 working with this setting:

# iTerm2 -> Preferences -> Profiles -> Semantic history -> Select:
# Run command... and add this line of code:
[ -z \2 ] && /Applications/RubyMine.app/Contents/MacOS/rubymine \1 || /Applications/RubyMine.app/Contents/MacOS/rubymine --line \2 \1

Answer 2

IntelliJ has a command line features that you can check out here:

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/2024.1/working-with-the-ide-features-from-command-line.html

iTerm as well enable launch a command line order when we use cmd and click over a file path pattern.

You only have to go to iTerm Preferences, Profiles, Advanced, Semantic History

In Semantic History check "Run Comand.." and add as a command:

/Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA.app/Contents/MacOS/idea  --line \2 \1

IntelliJ has to be in the current project. You can enforce a project:

/Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA.app/Contents/MacOS/idea <project_path> --line \2 \1

or event use \5 as a project path, \5 is a pwd in the current terminal directory.

I had better results with the first configuration.

Note: with IntelliJ Idea 2019.1 i used: /Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA.app/Contents/MacOS/idea --line \2 \1

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I move to pycharm, and I am currently using this line:

/Applications/PyCharm.app/Contents/MacOS/pycharm  --line \2 \1

UPDATE

Several people in the comments and other responses have suggested using --line \2 \1 instead of \1 --line \2. So, I've updated this in the answer in several places.

Answer 3

https://stackoverflow.com/a/40516021/2499870 answer was almost perfect, although I wasn't getting the line correctly. Inverting the order worked. Putting first the line and then the file.

/Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA.app/Contents/MacOS/idea --line \2 \1

Answer 4

Here is the command to open a file in WebStorm via Command + Click on a file path .
Go to Settings > Profiles > Advanced > Semantic History > Run command and input

/usr/local/bin/webstorm --line \2 \1

For the IntelliJ Idea this line should work (documentation):

/usr/local/bin/idea --line \2 \1

One of the problem with those solutions is that they only work for file paths that contain a line number like /some/path/to/file.txt:15 and do nothing when the path has no line number like /some/path/to/file.txt.

The most robust solution is:

[ -z \2 ] && /usr/local/bin/idea \1 || /usr/local/bin/idea --line \2 \1

Answer 5

Just go to intellij. type in keys CMD + Shift + A and type "Create commandline launcher" Enter And click Ok

You are good to go Go to terminal and type idea . to open project in intellij

Answer 6

Maybe you can just operate Tools > Create Commandline Launcher in intellij or other jetbrains IDE.

Answer 7

I can confirm the following command is working with or without line numbers, when entered into iTerm2 > Preferences > Profiles > Advanced > Semantic History > Run Command:

 [ -z \2 ] && /usr/local/bin/idea \1 || /usr/local/bin/idea --line \2 \1

This makes use of the fact that IntelliJ IDEA installs a command line launcher python script idea to /usr/local/bin, and requires the project in which the file resides to be open (multiple projects can be open, and it will still find the correct one.)

The command checks to see if the line number argument \2 is blank; if it is, it will exclude the line number, otherwise it will specify it with --line. \1 is the filename including the path.

To see all the available options for idea:

/usr/local/bin/idea --help

Environment:

• iTerm2 3.1.7
• IntelliJ IDEA CE 2018.1.5
• macOS High Sierra 10.13.4

Answer 8

The accepted answer didn't quite work for me. I ended up using:

open -a "IntelliJ IDEA" \1