Command Line Tool Support
for Windows and Linux
for IS X
Ctrl+Alt+S

This page appears in the Settings/Preferences dialog box, when the Command Line Tool Support plugin is downloaded, installed and enabled. The plugin is not bundled with IntelliJ IDEA, but it can be installed from the JetBrains plugin repository as described in Installing, Updating and Uninstalling Repository Plugins and Enabling and Disabling Plugins. The page shows a list of all PHP-specific and custom command line tools that are currently available at the IntelliJ IDEA level.
Use this page to enable integration with third-party PHP command line tools and define your own ones.
Item | Tooltip and shortcut | Description |
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Enabled | When this check box is selected, the commands defined within the corresponding command line tool can be executed from IntelliJ IDEA. | |
Alias | In this text box, specify the character string to use in command calls instead of the full path to the tool.
By default, IntelliJ IDEA assigns the following aliases: | |
Tool Path | In this text box, specify the location of the tool's executable file. | |
Type | This read-only field shows the official name of the third party command line tool. | |
Show tool type | ||
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Add Alt+Insert |
Click this button to open the Choose Tool to Add dialog box and
select the type of command-line tool to enable integration with.
The available options are:
Depending on your choice, IntelliJ IDEA opens one of the following dialog boxes for specifying the location of the selected tool: |
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Remove Alt+Delete | Click this button to have the selected tool removed from the list. |
![]() | Open definition in editor | Click this button to have IntelliJ IDEA open the .xml file with commands of the selected tool in
the editor. |
![]() | Reload command list from executable | Click this button to have IntelliJ IDEA refresh the list of commands of the selected tool. |
Show console in |
In this area, specify where you want to enter commands. The available options are:
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Console encoding | From this drop-down list, choose the character set to show the tool's output in the Command Line Tools Console Tool Window. |