Opening Files from Command Line
Opening a file in the editor
IntelliJ IDEA helps opening a file for editing so that the caret rests at the specified line.
To open a file for editing
- In the command line, type the following: where:
<IntelliJ IDEA> <path1> --line <number> <path2>
-
<IntelliJ IDEA>
is the platform-specific product launcher -
<path1>
is the path to the project that contains the desired file -
<number>
is the number of the line, where the caret should rest -
<path2>
is the path to the file to be opened
-
Examples
Windows
IntelliJ IDEA.exe C:\SamplesProjects\MetersToInchesConverter --line 3 C:\SamplesProjects\MetersToInchesConverter\src\javascript\numbers.js
macOS
/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/MacOS/idea ~/IntelliJ IDEAProjects/untitled45 --line 1 ~/IntelliJ IDEAProjects/untitled45/sample.sass
Linux
~/jetbrains/IntelliJ IDEA-2017.2.1/bin/idea.sh ~/IntelliJ IDEAProjects/test_project/ --line 2 ~/IntelliJ IDEAProjects/test_project/sample.xml
Last modified: 29 November 2017