macosintellij-ideaiterm2

Open file on IntelliJ from iTerm 2

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?

Solution

  • 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

    iTerm configuration

    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

    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.